See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.

The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands. When James Earl Carter died at his home in …

LIFE decided to pay tribute to “this burgeoning romanticism” by dispatching staff photographer NIna Leen to document a particularly lavish wedding, with a focus on all the preparations …

Explore the world one picture at a time with these beautiful and inspiring pictures from across the globe - near and far, popular and unknown.

LIFE’s story is richly illustrated with photos by J.R. Eyerman, and to today’s viewer it can be remarkable how stately most the images are. Sure, Eyerman photographed a few skinny …

The cultural influences from music, movies, theater, and design that have helped shaped the world we live in today.

Here are a few selections from LIFE’s new special issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures Ever and the Stories Behind Them (clockwise from top left) Joe …

Explore the world one picture at a time with these beautiful and inspiring pictures from across the globe - near and far, popular and unknown.

Explore History within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.

LIFE’s 1957 story about Camus carried the headline “Action-Packed Intellectual” and began with the note that he “jealously guards his privacy.” But the author relented enough to allow LIFE …