Life: Photography Exposed: The Story Behind the Image

by Time-Life Books, LIFE (Editor)

The photographers and writers of LIFE magazine take readers on an illuminating odyssey of discovery as they chronicle the behind-the-scenes story of some of the most memorable photographs ever to appear in the magazine, offering entertaining anecdotes and poignant reminiscences about such images as Mercury's liftoff, an undersea exploration, or the landing at Normandy on D-Day.

Genres: Photography, Art, History

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Yeo_heng_hau YEO · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since I was first exposed to Life magazine, I've always enjoyed reading the magazine for it's well-captured photographs and in-depth reporting. "Photography Exposed: The Story Behind the Image" sure enough is a really worthwhile read. Life magazine never disappoints. It continues to maintain its standard of high-class photography and reporting. Those of us who enjoy keeping up with current affairs will find this pictorial especially comforting as it will at times nudge our memory from those events the photographs are depicting. It will make us dig into the recesses of our minds trying to recall how old we were at the time of the event, what was our frame of mind then and what we were doing at that time of our life. The editor has organised the pictorial into six sections: The Arts, Science & Nature, War, Sport, Society and Just One More to accommodate the wide-ranging scope of subject matter that the pictorial extends to. We will get to enjoy some photographs hardly ever seen by others such as the one of Mao Tse Tung and his family relaxing by a beach. What's most remarkable about this pictorial is that in the short time one takes to complete reading the text and enjoying the photography that go with them (only 128 pages of mainly full-sized photographs), one would have been more or less completely refreshed on the most important events that has happened in our life time (and even before it).

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very neat book. I loved reading the stories behind the photographs.

[Janna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely phenomenal.