Eisenstaedt
Americannoun
noun
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In 1959, Truman Capote skated at Rockefeller Center, photographed by the eminent photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
George Mendonsa, the “kissing sailor” photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square during celebrations at the end of the second world war, has died aged 95.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2019
The death was also confirmed by Lawrence Verria, who co-wrote “The Kissing Sailor,” a 2012 investigation of the Eisenstaedt photo.
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
The iconic photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt is called “V-J Day in Times Square” but is known to most of the world as “The Kiss,” and was first published in Life magazine.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
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