| Alfred Eisenstaedt | ||
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 Eisenstaedt's magnum opus, V–J day in Times Square. Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera) from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best the greatest V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times |
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| Born | December 6, 1898 | |
| Birth place | Dirschau (Tczew), West Prussia, Imperial Germany | |
| Died | August 24, 1995 (aged 96) | |
| in | Menemsha, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Circumstances | ||
| Occupation | Photojournalism | |
| Other names | Eisenstaedt | |
| Religious belief(s) | Judaism | |
| Notable credit(s) | ||
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898[1] – August 24, 1995) was a German American photographer and photojournalist. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tczew ( Dërszewò is a Town on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 60128 inhabitants ( West Prussia ( Prusy Zachodnie was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773&ndash1824 and 1878&ndash1918 which was created out of the earlier Polish The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Menemsha is a small Fishing village located in the town of Chilmark on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Photojournalism is a particular form of Journalism (the collecting editing and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast that creates images in order to tell Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 German Americans ( German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of Ethnic German ancestry Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Photojournalism is a particular form of Journalism (the collecting editing and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast that creates images in order to tell He is renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera. Candid photography is photography that focuses on spontaneity rather than technique on the immersion of a camera within events rather than focusing on setting up a staged situation or The Leica M3 was a 35 mm Rangefinder camera by Leica AG introduced in 1954 A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a Rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs He is best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day. Victory over Japan Day ( V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of [2]
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Biography
Early life
Eisenstaedt was born into a Jewish family in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia, Imperial Germany. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Tczew ( Dërszewò is a Town on the Vistula River in Eastern Pomerania, Kociewie, northern Poland with 60128 inhabitants ( West Prussia ( Prusy Zachodnie was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773&ndash1824 and 1878&ndash1918 which was created out of the earlier Polish The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification His family moved to Berlin in 1906. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Eisenstaedt served in the German Army's artillery during World War I, being wounded on April 9, 1918. The German Army (Deutsches Heer heɐ) is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common While working as a belt and button salesmen in 1920s Weimar Germany, Eisenstaedt began taking photographs as a freelancer for the Berliner Tageblatt. The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer The Berliner Tageblatt or BT or was a German language Newspaper published in Berlin from 1872-1939
Professional photographer
Eisenstaedt was successful enough to become a full-time photographer in 1929. Four years later he photographed a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Other notable pictures taken by Eisenstaedt in his early career include a waiter ice skating in St. Moritz in 1932 and Joseph Goebbels at the League of Nations in Geneva in 1933. Ice skating is Traveling on Ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special Boots A study St Moritz ( German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Although initially friendly, Goebbels scowled for the photograph when he learned that Eisenstaedt was Jewish. [3]
Because of oppression in Hitler's Nazi Germany, Eisenstaedt emigrated to the United States in 1935, where he lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, for the rest of his life. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jackson Heights is a Neighborhood in north-western portion of the borough of Queens in New York City, USA. He worked as a photographer for Life magazine from 1936 to 1972. His photos of news events and celebrities, such as Dagmar, Sophia Loren and Ernest Hemingway, appeared on 90 Life covers. Dagmar ( November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001) was an American actress, model, and Television personality Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. [2]
Martha's Vineyard
Eisenstaedt, known as "Eisie" to his close friends, enjoyed his annual August vacations on the island of Martha's Vineyard for 50 years. Martha's Vineyard (adjoining the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) is an Island off the US east coast to the south of Cape Cod, both When on assignment in the Galapagos Islands, Eisenstaedt left the Galapagos prior to the assignment's completion so he could arrive on time for his Vineyard vacation in the Menemsha area of the town of Chilmark. Menemsha is a small Fishing village located in the town of Chilmark on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts Chilmark is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. During his Vineyard summers, he would conduct photographic "experiments," by working with various lenses, filters, and prisms, but always working with natural light. Eisenstaedt was fond of Martha's Vineyard's photogenic lighthouses, and was the focus of lighthouse fund raisers for the Vineyard Environmental Research Institute (VERI), the lease-holder of the lighthouses. One fund raiser was titled "Eisenstaedt Day" and was an international event. The last Eisenstaedt lighthouse fundraiser was held in August 1995, the month of his death on Martha's Vineyard.
Eisenstaedt's last photographs were of President Bill Clinton with wife, Hillary, and daughter, Chelsea, on August 1993, at the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27 1980 is the daughter and only child of former U West Tisbury is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. This historic "private" photo-session took place in a fenced-in courtyard protected by the Secret Service for over one hour, and was fully documented by William E. Marks. [4] Marks, who took hundreds of photographs of Eisenstaedt in every situation imaginable for over ten years, also photographed Eisenstaedt signing his famous V-J Day photograph on the morning of his passing.
Eisenstaedt died in his bed at midnight in his beloved Menemsha Inn cottage known as the "Pilot House". [2]
His death was attended by his sister-in-law, Lucille (Lulu) Kaye, and his close friend, publisher/author William E. Marks.
Photography
V–J day in Times Square
Eisenstaedt's most famous photograph is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on August 14, 1945 in Times Square. V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West (The photograph is known under various names: V–J day in Times Square, V–Day, etc. V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times [5]) Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the V-J Day celebrations, he didn't get a chance to get names and details, which has encouraged a number of mutually incompatible claims. Victory over Japan Day ( V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of
Award
Since 1999, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography have been administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. [6]
Notes
- ^ Zone, Ray, Alfred Eisenstaedt, <http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1997/Articles0397/AEisenstaedt.html>
- ^ a b c "Alfred Eisenstaedt, Photographer of the Defining Moment, Is Dead at 96", New York Times, August 25, 1995. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World "Alfred Eisenstaedt, the German photographer whose pioneering images for Life magazine helped define American photojournalism, died on Wednesday while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. He was 96 and lived in Manhattan. "
- ^ Eisenstaedt's photograph of Goebbels.
- ^ A photograph of the event appears in People magazine, September 13, 1993, p. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 11.
- ^ V–J day in Times Square: The Photo Book (London: Phaidon, 2000; ISBN 0-7148-3937-X), p. 134. V–Day: Twentieth Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne (Cologne: Taschen, 2005; ISBN 3-8228-4083-1), pp. 148–9.
- ^ Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography
External links
- Eisie's summers on Martha's Vineyard, by William E. Marks
- Eisenstaedt biography
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