LIFE. Hollywood

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LIFE. Hollywood
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Author Lucy Sante
Justin Humphreys
LanguageEnglish
Subject Show business, Hollywood, movie stars
Genre Photo book, coffee table book
Publisher Taschen
Publication date
2024
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

LIFE. Hollywood is a two-volume 2024 show business and Hollywood themed photo book collection of photos from Life magazine. [1]

Contents

It was published by Taschen and features captions by film historian Justin Humphreys, introductory texts by photography critic Lucy Sante and photography of over 70 Life photographers capturing Hollywood's Golden Age from 1936 to 1972. [1]

LIFE. Hollywood was featured in The New York Times 2024 Holiday Gift Guide [2] and on the 2024 list of 17 Best Books for Angelenos in the Los Angeles Times . [3]

Critical reception

The Hollywood Reporter , "Taschen’s new must-have book." [1]

The New York Times, "Once you get past the images you’ve seen time and again (James Dean walking through a rainy Times Square, a trio of darkly dressed Italian women looking askance at a scandal-ridden Ingrid Bergman), this massive two-volume set offers a mix of striking celebrity portraiture and behind-the-scenes reportage." [4]

Variety , "The 600-page set features a treasure trove of images from Life’s extensive archives, along with essays by Justin Humphreys to provide vital context about each subject and the circumstances under which he, she or it was chronicled in its pages. [5]

The Wall Street Journal , "Life magazine’s photojournalists didn’t merely seek glamorous shots of movie stars. They wanted to depict them on set, revealing for readers how movies get made." [6]

See also

Life magazine

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abramovitch, Seth (August 17, 2024). "The Most Indelible Pics of Classic Hollywood Stars All In One Book". The Hollywood Reporter .
  2. "Holiday Gift Guide 2024". The New York Times . November 1, 2024.
  3. Patrick, Bethanne (November 3, 2024). "17 best coffee-table books for Angelenos". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on November 3, 2024.
  4. Cruz, Gilbert (September 20, 2024). "When the Only Screens Were Big". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024.
  5. "Taschen's 'Life: Hollywood' Book Chronicles the Golden Age of Celebrity Photojournalism". Variety . August 11, 2024.
  6. Burr, Ty (August 23, 2024). "'Life. Hollywood' Review: Picturing Tinseltown". The Wall Street Journal .