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LIFE at the Beach

Coastal Living and LIFE.com honor the iconic photographs from LIFE magazine that capture our longtime love affair with the sea.

LIFE magazine image by Loomis Dean
Photographer Loomis Dean/LIFE magazine

Beach Bums, 1950

Photographer Loomis Dean

Hollywood elite, European royalty, and the Barnum & Bailey elephants are just a few of Loomis Dean’s claims to fame. As a LIFE photographer, he captured unexpected moments, such as British playwright and composer Noel Coward in the Nevada desert. He provided cover images for 52 issues of LIFE, never tiring of the creative challenge. ―Kristen Shelton

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