life magazine: fun in the sun

i'm totally digging these old pics right now.... the life magazine pictures are just incredible! they really do capture what life was like back in the day. we've been wishing all summer that we lived by a beach of some sort, so here are some life magazine beach and swimming pics:

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have you spent any time in the sun this summer?

inspired by: stanley kubrick photography

i saw this incredible photo on my facebook news feed from another photographer friend of mine- tamara reynolds. so i had to investigate. i found out that it came from a 1940s photographer stanley kubrick. here are a few more of my favorites:

find more great photos from stanley kubrick.

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