Alfred Eisenstaedt

The Father of Photojournalism

Alfred Eisenstaedt. An American sailor clutching a white-uniformed nurse in a kiss while thousands jam the Times Square area. NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - AUGUST 14. 1945. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Alfred Eisenstaedt. British PM Winston Churchill sporting top hat with coat and scarf as he holds up veed fingers. 1951. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Alfred Eisenstaedt. Actress Marlene Dietrich wearing tuxedo, top hat, & holding cigarette at Ball for foreign press. Berlin, 1929. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Alfred Eisenstaedt. Waiter Rene Breguet at waiter's school on skates practicing carrying tray of cocktails while on the ice, at the Grand Hotel. 1932. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Alfred Eisenstaedt. Portrait of American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) as she poses on the patio outside of her home. Hollywood, California, May 1953. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Alfred Eisenstaedt. Two elderly men lie on the floor at the Toy Train Society. One uses a small hammer on a switchplate and the other makes adjustments to an engine car. Berlin, Germany, 1931. © Alfred Eisenstaedt // Time Life Pictures / Getty Images