Élargissez votre recherche dans Universalis. consulté le 25 septembre 2020. John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, and Winston Churchill are just a few of the luminaries captured forever through Eisenstaedt's unfailing ability to seize the fleeting essence of the moment. He later served in the German Army's artillery during World War I and was wounded in 1918. The french word ‘photogenique’ defines it better than anything in English. Eisenstaedt's photographs are in the permanent collections of the Royal Photographic Society, London; the International Center of Photography, New York; the George Eastman House, Rochester; and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. But I also find it wonderfully rewarding to see what I can discover outside my own window. After the war, while employed as a button and belt salesman in Berlin, he taught himself photography and worked as a freelance photojournalist. Tczew en Pologne), mort le 23 août 1995 à Oak Bluffs, dans le Massachusetts. Eisenstaedt captured this glowering, tensed portrait of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister during a League of Nations conference in 1933. Photojournaliste américain, né le 6 décembre 1898 à Dirschau, en Prusse-Occidentale (auj. Eisenstadt explained that Goebbels had been smiling until he caught sight of the photographer, who he then fixed with a malevolent stare. Alfred Eisenstaedt is known as “The father of photojournalism” having a straightforward maxim: “Keep it simple!” Working with minimum equipment, Eisenstaedt was the master of candid photography; capturing such stunning casual moments that leave a profound effect on viewer. His subjects felt relaxed in the presence of a less obtrusive camera and Eisenstaedt was able to capture timeless, candid photos of some of the era’s biggest names. The choice of a career in nursing was in a transitional phase, with the magazine saying: “Once almost any girl could be a nurse.
Tree in Snow, Near St Moritz, Switzerland, 1947, Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin During the Flight Over The Atlantic, 1934. Using a 35mm camera, Eisenstaedt captured world leaders, celebrities, artists, and everyday people and scenes with decision and tenderness. Here he captures her complex photographic equiptment. La même année, il émigre aux États-Unis. And then experiment with it.That is the only way to be successful in photography. We will be in touch shortly. « EISENSTAEDT ALFRED - (1898-1995) », Encyclopædia Universalis [en ligne], Buy yards of film, miles of it. Témoin de notre temps »), People (1973, « Gens ») et Eisenstaedt : Germany (1981, « Eisenstaedt : Allemagne »). To be sure the picture was sharp, I put a chair on the ice and asked the waiter to skate by it. The skating waiters were a popular attaction at the hotel, serving guests with (almost) infallible grace and balance.
In 1928 he began his photographic career at the agency Pacific Atlantic Photos’ Berlin, capturing key figures such as Hitler and Mussolini. Alfred Eisenstaedt (6 décembre 1898, Tczew - 24 août 1995, New York) est un photographe et un photojournaliste américain d'origine allemande.
"They don't take me too seriously with my little camera," he said to New York Magazine, "I don't come as a photographer. Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau (Tczew) in West Prussia, Imperial Germany in 1898. In between are the baby’s mother, 19; grandmother, 37; great-grandmother, 53; and great-great-grandmother, 74. Quatre ans plus tard, il réussit à photographier une réunion entre Adolf Hitler et Benito Mussolini en Italie. I’m already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt, “My style hasn’t changed much in all these sixty years. His father, who owned a department store, retired in 1906 and in doing so moved the family to Berlin.