For PEOPLE’s 50th Anniversary, Fotagrafiska Will Host One-of-a-Kind Photo Exhibition You Can’t Miss [Video]

PEOPLE’s first-ever issue was released 50 years ago today, and to kick off the celebration, PEOPLE announced that it will partner with international photography musem Fotografiska New York to launch the magazine’s first-ever museum exhibition. 

Titled PEOPLE: Celebrating 50 Years, the exhibit will open in New York City on May 9, 2024, and feature archival covers, multimedia elements and interactive opportunities for visitors to turn themselves into a PEOPLE cover star. 

From the very beginning of PEOPLE magazine, arresting photography has been at the core of its purpose, with PEOPLE’s first prospectus declaring that “dramatic images should make turning the pages irresistible.”

Some of the greatest photographers in the last century — including Martin Schoeller, Ben Watts, Yu Tsai, Cass Bird, Elinor Carucci and Art Streiber (who is creating the 50th Special Issue cover) — have contributed to the magazine. 

The inaugural letter from the editors, published in March 1974, declared that PEOPLE would aimed to “reflect the …