| General info : | | Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898, Dirschau, West Prussia, Imperial Germany (now Tczew, Poland) – August 23, 1995, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, United States (aged 96)) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist.
One of the most prolific photographers of the twentieth century, he began his career in pre-World War II Germany, and after moving to the U.S., achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine which featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers with over 2,500 photo stories published.
Among his most famous cover photographs was the V-J Day celebration in New York City of "an exuberant American sailor kissing a nurse in a dancelike dip that summed up the euphoria many Americans felt as the war came to a close."
Eisenstaedt was "renowned for his ability to capture memorable images of important people in the news, including statesmen, movie stars and artists" and for his candid photographs, taken with a small 35mm Leica camera and typically with only natural lighting. | |
| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eisenstaedt (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eisenstaedt) | |