Life Magazine and the Power of Photography

Life Magazine and the Power of Photography includes pieces from 25 different scholars across a variety of fields who investigate the influence Life magazine had on American photography as a field in its weekly run from 1936 to 1972.

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The January 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a man and a woman and the headline "Empower Couple."
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January 2026

Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.