LIFE and Google are in the process of releasing over 10 million new pictures on the internet that have never been seen before.These images can be found when conducting a search on Google.com or on Google Image Search. Users can also search through the LIFE Collection directly by visiting http://images.google.com/hosted/life.
The collection will be one of the largest collections of professional images on the internet and as the scanning project moves along, more images will become available. (I think I remember seeing this job position when is was open on-line!)
If you think about it, this is ~70 years of photos folks.
On top of the standard fare of Tim-Life imagery, the LIFE Photo Archive will include
- The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination;
- The Mansell Collection from London;
- Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the 1880's;
- Hugo Jaeger Nazi-era Germany 1937-1944;
- DMI red-carpet celebrity shots;
- Pix Inc. personalities;
- the entire works left to the Collection from LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, and Nina Leen.
Imagery will also be available to purchase through QOOP.com, a leader in online art sales.
All comments are welcome from Bruce's Pics readers.
source: Time Warner press release
