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Alfred Eisenstaedt
| German-American photographer Date of Birth: 06.12.1898 Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Career in Germany
- Emigration to the United States
- The Iconic "V-J Day" Kiss
- Legacy and Impact
Early Life and Career in Germany
Alfred Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau, West Prussia (now Tczew, Poland) in 1898.
His family relocated to Berlin in 1906.
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During his service in World War I, Eisenstaedt was wounded, but he returned to his passion for photography upon his recovery.
He had always taken photographs, even as a teenager with his first Kodak camera.
However, when Eisenstaedt received his first payment for a photograph in the late 1920s, he was astonished since he had never considered his hobby as a potential source of income.
By the early 1930s, Eisenstaedt had established himself as a renowned photographer.
He captured iconic images of Hitler meeting Mussolini in 1934 and a mesmerizing portrait of Goebbels in 1933 where the Nazi ideologue