Life: The Classic Collection

Themostfamous,wonderful,andinspiringpicturesevertoappearinthepagesofLIFEarehere.Allthegreatactionshotsarehere,fromthesailorkissingthenursetothefirstastronautwalkinginspace.Theunsurpassedportraiture--includingscreeniconslikeMarilynMonroeandElizabethTaylorand,worldleaderslikeJohnFitzgeraldKennedyandWinstonChurchill--ishereaswell.LIFEhas,ofcourse,visiteditsarchivesbefore--butneverlikethis.Thiseditionputsthephotographsondisplay,notonlyaspartofthepagelayoutbutasthepageitself.Theexplanatorytextwillbeoutoftheway,sothateachimagecanbesavored.Moreover,printswillbeincludedthatarenotjustsuitableforframingbutmeantforframing.Andnotonlywilltherebephotographicprints;therewillalsobe75otherfamouspicturesthatappearedinLIFE'spages,thestorybehindeachofthemandthenarrativehistoryofwhatLIFE'sphotographyhaslongmeanttothecountryand,indeed,totheworld.Uniqueandgroundbreaking,itistheultimatetreatmentofLIFEphotographyinbookform.Assuch,TheClassicCollection,presentedinaclassicway,isadefinitiveLIFEbook.