msteketee answered your question: What is your favorite LIFE photograph? Katharine Hepburn LIFE cover January 5, 1968 Great choice — you can see more 1968 LIFE covers here.

msteketee answered your question: What is your favorite LIFE photograph?
Katharine Hepburn LIFE cover January 5, 1968

Great choice — you can see more 1968 LIFE covers here.

leonardadams answered: The Marlboro Man Hey Leonard. This is one of our favorite photographs as well! Leonard McComb’s 1949 portrait of Clarence Hailey Long became the inspiration for the Marlboro Man. “There’s not a photograph i can think of that more immediately defines the word ‘cowboy.’ This was a pivotal power portrait in the evolution of photography that has inspired generations of photographers. The aggressive framing of the picture — concentrating for the viewer what’s important (the eyes) and eliminating the obvious (the top of the hat) — helped move photographic portraiture to a new place. — Simon Barnett

leonardadams answered: The Marlboro Man

Hey Leonard. This is one of our favorite photographs as well!

Leonard McComb’s 1949 portrait of Clarence Hailey Long became the inspiration for the Marlboro Man.

“There’s not a photograph i can think of that more immediately defines the word ‘cowboy.’ This was a pivotal power portrait in the evolution of photography that has inspired generations of photographers. The aggressive framing of the picture — concentrating for the viewer what’s important (the eyes) and eliminating the obvious (the top of the hat) — helped move photographic portraiture to a new place.

— Simon Barnett

When asked “What’s your favorite photograph to appear in LIFE Magazine or on LIFE.com? pixpilgrim answered: Larry Burrow’s Iconic shot of the door gunner crying from his ‘One ride with Papa Yankee 13’. Excellent choice.

When asked “What’s your favorite photograph to appear in LIFE Magazine or on LIFE.com?

pixpilgrim answered: Larry Burrow’s Iconic shot of the door gunner crying from his ‘One ride with Papa Yankee 13’.

Excellent choice.

Today I’d love to showcase some of your favorite photographs that have appeared in LIFE Magazine or on LIFE.com. I will do my best to post as many as I can! First one’s up… saulvargas answered your question: What is your favorite LIFE photograph? Neil Leifer’s Muhammad Ali zenith shot of the ring, just incredible. (see more — Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Pictures)

Today I’d love to showcase some of your favorite photographs that have appeared in LIFE Magazine or on LIFE.com. I will do my best to post as many as I can! First one’s up…

saulvargas answered your question: What is your favorite LIFE photograph?
Neil Leifer’s Muhammad Ali zenith shot of the ring, just incredible.

(see more — Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Pictures)

What is your favorite LIFE photograph?

Tell us — what’s your favorite photograph to appear in LIFE Magazine or on LIFE.com?

In 1965, LIFE photographer Bill Ray spent three weeks riding with the Hells Angels in California. Here, two women — the Angels’ “old ladies” — hang out at a bar while the Angels attend a meeting. “This picture feels almost religious to me: The women are drawn to the hot glow of the jukebox god, one bowing her head while the other kneels before it. Bill Ray’s perfect blacks, whites, and greys add to the sense of an upside-down spirituality.” — LIFE’s Editor-in-Chief Bill Shapiro After looking through thousands of images these past few years, we’ll put it this way: choosing our favorite photographs was not an easy task.

In 1965, LIFE photographer Bill Ray spent three weeks riding with the Hells Angels in California. Here, two women — the Angels’ “old ladies” — hang out at a bar while the Angels attend a meeting.

“This picture feels almost religious to me: The women are drawn to the hot glow of the jukebox god, one bowing her head while the other kneels before it. Bill Ray’s perfect blacks, whites, and greys add to the sense of an upside-down spirituality.” — LIFE’s Editor-in-Chief Bill Shapiro

After looking through thousands of images these past few years, we’ll put it this way: choosing our favorite photographs was not an easy task.

Love notes to get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day… (via LIFE’s editor Bill Shapiro) “Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It’s-not-you-it’s-me relationship-enders…” Yes, you’re going to want to follow Bill on Tumblr.

Love notes to get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day… (via LIFE’s editor Bill Shapiro)

“Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It’s-not-you-it’s-me relationship-enders…” Yes, you’re going to want to follow Bill on Tumblr.

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Happy Birthday FDR — “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Those words, so frequently repeated and even parodied since originally uttered, might have lost a bit of their power over the decades. But when first broadcast in 1933, they stirred a nation — not least because the man who spoke them, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, led by example, fearlessly facing down soul-crushing personal adversity and formidable enemies to guide America through two of the darkest crises of the 20th century. (read more — 20 Legends Who Shook the World)

Happy Birthday FDR — “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Those words, so frequently repeated and even parodied since originally uttered, might have lost a bit of their power over the decades. But when first broadcast in 1933, they stirred a nation — not least because the man who spoke them, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, led by example, fearlessly facing down soul-crushing personal adversity and formidable enemies to guide America through two of the darkest crises of the 20th century.

(read more — 20 Legends Who Shook the World)

On this day in 1948 Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.  In a career spanning more than two decades, photographer Margaret Bourke-White fearlessly documented many facets of the human experience. Her astonishing portfolio ranged from trailblazing assignments in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s, to capturing the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp upon its liberation in 1945. And Bourke-White’s focus on humanitarian issues — showcased in these stunning images of Mohandas Gandhi in India — was equally renowned.  Pictured here in 1946, the leader sits next to a spinning wheel, a device used to make yarn or thread; the image came to symbolize Indian self sufficiency — and thus independence from British rule. (see more — Gandhi: Glimpses of a Legend)

On this day in 1948 Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu fanatic. 

In a career spanning more than two decades, photographer Margaret Bourke-White fearlessly documented many facets of the human experience. Her astonishing portfolio ranged from trailblazing assignments in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s, to capturing the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp upon its liberation in 1945. And Bourke-White’s focus on humanitarian issues — showcased in these stunning images of Mohandas Gandhi in India — was equally renowned. 

Pictured here in 1946, the leader sits next to a spinning wheel, a device used to make yarn or thread; the image came to symbolize Indian self sufficiency — and thus independence from British rule.

(see more — Gandhi: Glimpses of a Legend)

The stars of the Sundance Film Festival lined up to have their portraits taken in the LIFE studio by photographer Jeff Vespa one last time.  (see more — Sundance 2012: LIFE Portraits)

The stars of the Sundance Film Festival lined up to have their portraits taken in the LIFE studio by photographer Jeff Vespa one last time. 

(see more — Sundance 2012: LIFE Portraits)

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OCCUPY THIS, PAL I walked on W 48th Street and heard noise coming from one of the connecting buildings. I crossed though it and out of nowhere got tossed, yelled at, pushed and there was no way out of a clash between the NYPD and angry occupy wall street demonstrators. I took this overhead shot and literally crawled out.  via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich. (see more here)

OCCUPY THIS, PAL

I walked on W 48th Street and heard noise coming from one of the connecting buildings. I crossed though it and out of nowhere got tossed, yelled at, pushed and there was no way out of a clash between the NYPD and angry occupy wall street demonstrators. I took this overhead shot and literally crawled out. 

via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich.

(see more here)

THE NOT-SO-ETERNAL FLAME Seeing the icon of Liberty inside a tourist shop at West 34th and Broadway without her arm holding the flame stopped me cold. The photograph to this day disturbs me. via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich. (see more here)

THE NOT-SO-ETERNAL FLAME

Seeing the icon of Liberty inside a tourist shop at West 34th and Broadway without her arm holding the flame stopped me cold. The photograph to this day disturbs me.

via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich.

(see more here)

TRAFFIC WAS NIGHTMARE No one could miss these guys riding around in their beaten up black limo but this time they were parked on Avenue of the America’s. The driver who pulled over to talk to someone gave me the opportunity to capture this image. Zoran Milich for LIFE.com via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich. (see more here)

TRAFFIC WAS NIGHTMARE

No one could miss these guys riding around in their beaten up black limo but this time they were parked on Avenue of the America’s. The driver who pulled over to talk to someone gave me the opportunity to capture this image. Zoran Milich for LIFE.com

via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich.

(see more here)

ART AND COMMERCE They were such pretty little liars who actually pulled it off on the steps of New York’s public library but I later found it was a Social Art Experiment to see how the public will react to this situation. They drew a lot of attention, laughs, disgust and money. Photo by Zoran Milich for LIFE.com via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich. (see more here)

ART AND COMMERCE

They were such pretty little liars who actually pulled it off on the steps of New York’s public library but I later found it was a Social Art Experiment to see how the public will react to this situation. They drew a lot of attention, laughs, disgust and money. Photo by Zoran Milich for LIFE.com

via our guest-blogger Zoran Milich.

(see more here)