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Learn about Larry Burrows, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.

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 Plains, Georgia, on …

When LIFE magazine visited Big Sur in 1959, the Esalen Institute was three years from opening, but the coastal community had long been attracting free-thinking types.

Here, LIFE.com presents pictures made in the Nevada desert by photographer Loomis Dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test. These are not “political” pictures.

LIFE magazine was fortunate enough to visit Cabo Blanco in 1959, when the club was still in its heyday. Staff photographer Frank Schershel captured the fisherman out at sea and along the shore.

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

In 1968 LIFE magazine summed up the appeal of French philosopher and author Albert Camus with a single sentence: “Camus looked directly into the darkness as saw sun—the human spirit.” The line …

Explore 1960s within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.

Learn about John Florea, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.