81 years ago today, the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb. A hundred thousand people were killed. John Hersey's pioneering piece, "Hiroshima," tells the stories of six who lived. A young woman working in a tin plant, a doctor at a private hospital, a widow, a German missionary, a young surgeon, and a local reverend—all wondered why they had survived the blast, which arrived as a soundless flash. "It seemed a sheet of sun," one recalled. Revisit Hersey's intimate, deeply reported piece following those survivors through the deadly day, and the ruin and recovery that followed: https://t.co/FDIG4Pqwyh
Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman for LIFE magazine in 1952.
Hollywood glamour often masked the intense physical discipline required behind the scenes. Studio publicity emphasized elegance and beauty, rarely drawing attention to the strength and conditioning that many actresses relied on to meet the demands of their careers.
Magazine features like these helped challenge those perceptions. By showing major stars training with weights, they revealed that serious fitness and athleticism were an essential part of succeeding under the relentless demands of the Hollywood spotlight.
Florentina Holzinger’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the Venice Biennale, though, her vision has made her a star. https://t.co/vjk53tBJow