Eisenstaedt

American  

[ahy-zuhn-stat] / ˈaɪ zənˌstæt /

noun

1. Alfred, 1898–1995, U.S. news photographer, born in Germany.

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Eisenstaedt British  

/ ˈaɪzənˌstæt /

noun

1. Alfred. 1898–1995, US photographer, born in Germany; noted for his photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, New York on V-J Day in 1945

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Example Sentences

The photo, by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is called “V-J Day in Times Square” but is known to most people simply as “The Kiss.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

In 1959, Truman Capote skated at Rockefeller Center, photographed by the eminent photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2021

She once recalled that Eisenstaedt flew to her home in 1979 for a Life magazine story about the photograph.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2019

Mendonsa for years claimed he was the sailor who was photographed on Aug. 14, 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt and published in Life as a scene from “V-J Day in Times Square.”

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2019

To snatch “the kiss” from the uninterrupted flow of time Eisenstaedt moved with the elegance, decisive speed and beauty of Pelé on the football pitch.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2016