Margaret Bourke-White
1. Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), Lunar Fly By, 1954
2. Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), Air Force instructor rolls a trainer flying over Humphrey’s Peak, c. 1956
3. Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), Contrails at Dusk, B-47 Jet, 1954
4. Ralph Morse (1917-2014), The gantry retracted while Saturn V boosters lifted the Apollo 11 astronauts toward the moon (Aug. 11, 1969 Issue, p. 75), July 16, 1969
5. NASA, Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. Flag (Aug. 8, 1969 Issue, p. 22), 1969
6. NASA, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module “Eagle” during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera (Aug. 8, 1969 Issue, p. 26), July 20, 1969
7. NASA, Buzz Aldrin's boot and footprint in lunar soil (Aug. 8, 1969 Issue, p. 21), 1969
8. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), Nazi Air Raid over the Kremlin, Moscow (Sept. 1, 1941 Issue, p. 16), 1941
9. Robert Capa (1913-1954), American paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division, landing near Wesel, Germany (April 9, 1945 Issue, p. 28), 1945
10. George Strock (1911-1977), Three dead Americans on the beach at Buna (Sept. 20, 1943 Issue, p. 35), 1943
11. Cornell Capa (1918-2008), Coldstream Guard, England (Magazine cover, Feb. 16, 1953 Issue), 1953
12. U.S. Department of Defense, Rising column of water enters the first phase of characteristic mushroom. At the base of the column of water is cruiser SALT LAKE CITY; in foreground is Japanese battleship NAGATO, Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean (Variant, Aug. 12, 1946 Issue, p. 30), 1946
13. Perry Riddle, Group of protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968
14. U.S. Department of Defense, From the air the Baker Day atomic explosion took the appearance of a derby hat for a brief instant as water, spray and steam boiled skyward out of Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean (Aug. 12, 1946 Issue, p. 30), 1946
15. Joe Scherschel (1921-2004), Student Steve Poster is surrounded by a crowd of White Supremacists outside of Texarkana College, (Variant, Sept. 24, 1956 Issue, p. 46), 1956
16. Jack Jenkins, Elizabeth Eckford, age 15, who was one of the ‘Little Rock Nine’ is pursued by a mob, with Hazel Massery directly behind, at Little Rock Central High School on the first day of classes (Sept. 16, 1957 Issue, p. 24), 1957
17. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), The Siege Starts: Clouds of tear gas eddy in the glare of burning cars, set afire by the crowd, as the mob attacks federal marshals surrounding the Lyceum, campus of the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (Oct. 12, 1962 Issue, p. 34), 1962
18. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), Coretta Scott King, Ebenezer Baptist Church, attending her husband’s funeral (Magazine cover, April 19, 1968 Issue), April 9, 1968
19. Joe Scherschel (1921-2004), John Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands prior to the first of their four televised debates (Variant, Oct. 10, 1960 Issue, p. 30), 1960
20. Joe Scherschel (1921-2004), Presidential Inauguration of John F. Kennedy, Jan. 20, 1961
21. Arthur Rickerby (1921-1972), President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, c. 1963
22. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), John F. Kennedy at Orange Bowl, New Years Day, before inauguration (Variant, Jan. 13, 1961 Issue, p. 44), 1961
23. Mark Shaw (1921-1969), This was the President’s favorite photograph. He loved to walk on the dunes near Hyannis Port. (John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p. 84; Nov. 29, 1963 Issue, p. 104), 1959
24. Mark Shaw (1921-1969), John F. Kennedy with Jacqueline and daughter Caroline, Hyannis Port (John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p.80; Nov. 29,1963 Issue,p.101), 1959
25. Arthur Rickerby (1921-1972), John and Jackie Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, Texas (Variant, Nov. 29, 1963 Issue, p. 22; Variant, John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p. 2), November 22, 1963
26. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), Kennedy Assassination, Texas Book Depository Building, Dallas, Texas, 5 P.M. (Variant, 1963 Issue, p. 32H), November 22, 1963
27. Abraham Zapruder (1905-1970), Split-Second Horror as the Sniper’s Bullets Struck: President Kennedy’s assassination, Dallas, Texas, Still ‘Z-188’ (John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p. 4), November 22, 1963
28. Abraham Zapruder (1905-1970), Split-Second Horror as the Sniper’s Bullets Struck: President Kennedy’s assassination, Dallas, Texas, Still ‘Z-240’ (John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p. 4; Nov. 29, 1963 Issue, p. 25; Nov. 25, 1966 Issue, p. 43), November 22, 1963
29. Abraham Zapruder (1905-1970), Split-Second Horror as the Sniper’s Bullets Struck: President Kennedy’s assassination, Dallas, Texas, Still ‘Z-321’ (Variant, John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition, 1963, p. 6; Variant, Nov. 29, 1963 Issue, p. 25; Variant, Nov. 25, 1966 Issue, p. 43), November 22, 1963
30. Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928), Wordless exchange of love between New Yorker and her daughter (Feb. 14, 1955 Issue, p. 133), 1953
31. Gordon Parks (1912-2006), Bessie and little Richard the morning after she scalded her husband, Harlem, New York (March 8, 1968 Issue, p.62), 1967
32. Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927), Summertime bathers wade in unseen water at the beach (March 22, 1954 Issue, p. 12), c. 1952
33. Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927), Coney Island Beach Scene (Variant, March 22, 1954 Issue, p. 12), c. 1952
34. Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927), Slalom poles mark skier’s route on Vermont hillside (Variant, March 22, 1954 Issue, p. 12), 1953
35. Ralph Morse (1917-2014), Cassius Clay after defeating Sonny Liston, 1964
36. Ralph Morse (1917-2014), Homer Story at Cleveland Stadium in a Single Picture: Mickey Mantle hitting, rounding 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and being congratulated on his 23rd homer by Joe Collins (No. 15). Pitcher, catcher and third baseman are shown at moment Mantle hits ball, 1st and 2nd basemen as he jogs around, 1952
37. Ralph Morse (1917-2014) and Gjon Mili (1904-1984), Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randy Turpin, Polo Grounds, New York (Sept. 24, 1951 Issue, p. 48), 1951
38. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), In high-speed fall, skier loses his skis and makes a bubbly underwater splash (Variant, July 13, 1959 Issue, p. 9), 1959
39. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), A Wet Way to Train for a Fight: Cassius Clay training in a pool at the Sir John Hotel in Miami (Sept. 8, 1961 Issue, p. 123), 1961
40. Flip Schulke (1930-2008), A Wet Way to Train for a Fight: Cassius Clay training in a pool at the Sir John Hotel in Miami (Variant, Sept. 8, 1961 Issue, p. 123), 1961
41. W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), As From My Window I Sometimes Glance (Variant, March 10, 1958 Issue, p. 107), c. 1957-1958
42. W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), As From My Window I Sometimes Glance (Variant, March 10, 1958 Issue, p. 110), c. 1957-1958
43. W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), As From My Window I Sometimes Glance (Variant, March 10, 1958 Issue, p. 107), c. 1957-1958
44. W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978), As From My Window I Sometimes Glance (Variant, March 10, 1958 Issue, p. 110), c. 1957-1958
45. Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973), Leopard Fashions (Variant, Feb.16, 1953 Issue, p.66), 1953
46. Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), Champion Smoke Ring Blower: A ring emerges from Patterson’s Cavernous Mouth (Jan. 16, 1950 Issue, p. 12), 1949
47. Loomis Dean (1917-2005), Man Ray with Beat writer
Peter Orlovsky and poet Allen Ginsberg, Paris, 1961
48. Herbert Matter (1907-1984), Sea, Sand and Siren (Variant, magazine cover, June 28, 1937 Issue), 1937
49. Ed Clark (1911-2000), Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell on the set of ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (Variant, magazine cover, May 25, 1953 Issue), 1953
50. Loomis Dean (1917-2005), Painter Brion Gysin with writer William S. Burroughs in what is known as the Beat Hotel, Paris (Variant, Nov. 30, 1959 Issue, p. 124), 1959
51. Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), Swiss waiter serves visitors on ice skates at St. Moritz, a fashionable winter resort in Switzerland, 1936
52. Ralph Morse (1917-2014), The girl’s image superimposed on the man’s eye shows how the pupil opens up when it sees something attractive (Variant, April 21, 1967, p. 80A), c. 1950s
53. Bob Willoughby (1927-2009), Dorothy Dandridge resting between movie takes on the set of ‘Carmen Jones,’ Otto Preminger’s film of the Bizet opera (Nov. 1, 1954 Issue, p. 87), 1954
54. Gordon Coster (1906-1988), Ann Ross, Diving Champion (Variant, Aug. 31, 1942, p. 32), 1942
55. Ed Clark (1911-2000), Lauren Bacall fed wedding cake to her groom, Humphrey Bogart, after their marriage ceremony in Ohio (June 4, 1945 Issue, p. 29), 1945
56. Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), Winston Churchill (Magazine cover, May 21, 1945 Issue), 1941
57. Roddy McDowall (1928-1998), Elizabeth Taylor, 1964
58. Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), Ernest Hemingway at his home in Cuba (Nov. 30, 1959 Issue, p. 13), 1957
59. Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), General Norstad looks out guard window from inside “SHOC” (Supreme Headquarters Operational Center. SHOC is the nerve center of the alliance. From its soundproofed, map- covered, intricately burglarproofed precincts the Supreme Allied Commander can control the forces of his command, NATO, Paris), (Dec. 16, 1957 Issue, p. 50), 1958
Keith de Lellis Gallery presents a selection of over fifty photographs assigned by the editors for the pages of Life Magazine, one of the most renowned picture magazines in the world. Published weekly from 1936 to 1972, the magazine chronicled in image and word every historical event both big and small that impacted the lives of Americans north, south, east and west. Life revolutionized how readers experienced these historical events by pioneering the photo-essay, where narratives are told through the power of pictures while words take on a less significant role. This exhibition captures the wide-ranging themes published in Life Magazine including politics, war and race to popular culture, major sporting events and everyday moments that were at the heart of American culture in the twentieth century.
Henry Luce, the founder of Life, declared the mission of the magazine was to allow the American public “to see life; to see the world; to eyewitness great events…to see and be amazed; to see and be instructed…”. Through this visionary mission a new generation of prodigious photojournalists emerged who documented the most important events felt across the nation, such as Ralph Morse’s (1917-2014) photograph of twenty-two-year-old Cassius Clay celebrating his momentous victory over Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing world title in 1964. In stark contrast are two images by Jack Jenkins and Joe Scherschel (1921-2004) that reveal the cruel realities experienced by young black students as crowds of white supremacists taunt them in protest of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case which outlawed segregation in schools in 1954.
Compelling images of president John F. Kennedy are highlighted in this exhibition, including documentation of the nation’s first televised presidential debates between Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960 and the more intimate moments he shared with his wife Jacqueline and daughter Caroline at their summer home in Hyannis Port. Also on view are the famous stills from Abraham Zapruder’s (1905-1970) footage of president John F. Kennedy’s devastating assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
On display in That’s Life are the emblematic NASA images of astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the moon in 1969 and a significant photograph of the distinctive mushroom cloud that emerged from the many nuclear explosion tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in 1946. The striking portraits of historical figures taken by Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), credited as one of the greatest portrait photographers of his time, capture Pulitzer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill. Also on view are images of cultural icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Artists in the exhibition include Gordon Parks (1912-2006) who was the first African American staff photographer for Life Magazine, Margaret-Bourke White (1904-1971) who served as the first female war correspondent to work in combat zones during World War II and the magazine's first female photojournalist along with Cornell Capa (1918-2008), the distinguished photographer who served as president of Magnum Photos until 1960 and founded the influential International Center of Photography in 1974.
With an incredible staff of star photojournalists, it is unsurprising that many went on to create stunning works of art in their own right, such as Flip Schulke’s (1930-2008) innovative underwater images of Muhammad Ali or the scenes by Marvin E. Newman (b. 1927) that masterfully abstract the visible world through high-contrast black and white film. The remarkable photographs on display in That’s Life continue to speak for themselves in the same way as when they were first published, making it clear that it was the pictures that defined Life Magazine.
This exhibition features the work of Margaret Bourke-White, Cornell Capa, Robert Capa, Ed Clark, Gordon Coster, Loomis Dean, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Eliot Elisofon, Elliott Erwitt, Jack Jenkins, Yousuf Karsh, Herbert Matter, Roddy McDowall, Ralph Morse, Marvin E. Newman, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rickerby, Perry Riddle, Joe Scherschel, Flip Schulke, Mark Shaw, W. Eugene Smith, Howard Sochurek, George Strock, Bob Willoughby and Abraham Zapruder.
That’s Life will be on view at Keith de Lellis Gallery from March 31st to May 26th, 2022.
