Book Review: LIFE Magazine - The Classic Collection - Page 2

All of these photos are likely available elsewhere, but what The Classic Collection offers as its main selling point is the ability to remove 25 of the photos as glossy 8X10 prints. Underneath the removable pictures is that same photo, keeping the book intact even if you do decide to remove any or all of the prints.

The Classic Collection will probably be more appealing to those who are looking to hang iconic photographs on their walls, but even if you don’t have any use for the removable prints, the book still exists as a perfect coffee table book – that is, if anyone purchases those things any more.

The photographs in LIFE Magazine over the years range from the heartwarming to the incisive to the just plain silly, but they all share in common a technical brilliance and a wealth of meaning. They deserve to be remembered.

Article Author: Dusty Somers

Dusty Somers hails from Seattle, and is a journalism student at the University of Oklahoma. He enjoys spending time and watching films with his wife, and looks forward to their imminent return to the great Northwest.

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