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Alfred Eisenstaedt
By: Audrey Golden
Alfred is most famous for...
This picture was taken in Times Square in New York City on V-J Day. The sailor in the picture was running around grabbing every girl
he saw. Eisenstaedt was running in front of him and in four shots he captured this sailor kissing a nurse.
1945.
LLLLIIIIFFFEEEEEEBorn on
December 6,1898
Died on August 24,1995 German-American
photographer and photojournalist
Most known for his candid photos
Fought in World War I, was wounded in 1918. Decided to take photographs as a
freelancer
Became a full time photographer in
1929.Came to the United States in 1935. Eisenstaedt worked for
Life Magazine from 1936 to 1972.Alfred’s pictures
appeared on 90 covers of Life
Magazine
Hitler & Mussolini meeting on June 13,1934, before Hitler took full power.
Faculty children following a drum major at the University of Michigan. This is
unstaged and spontaneous. Eisenstaedt said he wants to be remembered by this
picture.
Marilyn Monroe,1953.This
picture hung in Eisenstaedt’s office.
Dancers taking a break at the
Balanchine School of the
American Ballet Theatre
New York City, 1936.
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Jaqueline and
Caroline Kennedy, 1960
Dusk in Menemsha,1962
Kathy Eisenstaedt at Zack's Cliffs,
1960
“The Father of Photojournalism”
Alfred Eisenstaedt is said to be the preeminent
master of candid photography in the 20th century if there was one. He is otherwise known as
“The father of photojournalism” His talent for capturing
spontaneous photographs is incredible.
Premiere at La Scala, 1934
Eisenstaedt had his first exhibition containing only his pictures in 1954 at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.
Accpmplishments
Alfred received the National Medal of the Arts which he
received from President George Bush in 1989.The
ceremony took place on the White
House lawn.
Humility and Humanity Alfred’s style is very simple. It hasn’t changed much in the 60 years that
he has been photographing. He uses natural light most of the time and doesn’t stage pictures. Most people
don’t take him seriously because he barely carries
any equipment.
Thomas Hart Benton with a self-portrait, 1970.
The famous Clock in theold Pennsylvania Station,
New York City, 1943.
Alfred’s last pictures were of Bill Clinton and his wife and daughter. This took place in a fenced in court
yard protected by the secret service. It was fully documented by William E.
Marks. Marks photographed Eisenstaedt over the span of 10
years.He also captured Alfred signing his famous V-J Day photograph the
morning before he died. Eisentstaedt died at 96.
Works Cited
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue9911/icon01.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eisenstaedt
http://www.artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1997/Articles0397/AEisenstaedt.html
http://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=4140