Assignment 3 Part 1: Research

Alfred Eisenstaedt was an American photojournalist of German descent. He was born in 1898 and died ,at the age of 96, in 1995. Eisenstaedt was most famous for his photography through a 35mm Leica Rangefinder camera. His use of the 35mm lens is considered to be avant-garde by today's standards, as the 35mm only became popular much longer after he started using it. Eisenstaedt was born in Germany and served in the German army in WWI. After being wounded in 1918, he became a freelance photographer. Due to the oppressive nature of the Nazi regime, Eisenstaedt moved to the US in 1935. His career took flight during this period and peaked during his coverage of V-J day (the end of WWII). I like this photographer because his pictures, due to his use of angles and the 35mm lens, look more modern than they really are. His environmental photography put a lot of emphasis on the facial emotional state of the models despite being sometimes surrounded by grandiose backdrops.

Here is an example of what I mean: