/PHOTOGRAPHERS/PHER ALFRED EISENSTAEDT

Alfred Eisenstaedt

1898–1995 · American · 7 plates catalogued

Plates contributed

The 7 plates attributed to Alfred Eisenstaedt in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).

ID	Country	Section	Year	View
photo-0068	USA	Family and children	—	Clervaux
photo-0105	USA	Family and children	—	Clervaux
photo-0284	USA	Relationships and community	—	Clervaux
photo-0324	Czechoslovakia	Play, learning, and education	—	Clervaux
photo-0326	USA	Play, learning, and education	—	Clervaux
photo-0327	USA	Play, learning, and education	—	Clervaux
photo-0443	USA	Rededication, peace, and the future	—	Clervaux

Notes

Seven plates in the catalog (count verified by strict-match grep against data/photographs.csv 2026-05-06): photo-0068 (Children A, USA), photo-0105 (Fathers and Sons, USA), photo-0284 (Relationships, USA), photo-0324 (Learning, Czechoslovakia), photo-0326 (Learning, USA), photo-0327 (Learning, USA), photo-0443 (later sequence, USA). Checklist nationality: American (per src-icp-eisenstaedt-archive, in repo, fetched 2026-05-06: ‘one of four staff photographers for the new LIFE magazine’ in 1936 alongside Margaret Bourke-White, Peter Stackpole, and Thomas McAvoy). Born 1898 in Dirschau (now Tczew, Poland — at the time West Prussia, German Empire) per src-icp-eisenstaedt-archive (year only; the December 6, 1898 day-month resolution carries pointer status from src-wikipedia-eisenstaedt-pointer). Died 1995 per src-icp-eisenstaedt-archive (the August 23, 1995 day-month token and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts place token carry pointer status from src-wikipedia-eisenstaedt-pointer). Emigrated to the US in 1935. Best known outside FoM for his V-J Day Times Square kiss photograph (1945); ICP Infinity Master of Photography Award 1988 per src-icp-eisenstaedt-archive.

External biography

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/alfred-eisenstaedt

Sources

src-moma-exh-0569-master-checklist
src-icp-eisenstaedt-archive
src-life-archive-eisenstaedt-bio
src-wikipedia-eisenstaedt-pointer