Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born December 6, 1898 • Poland
Died August 23, 1995 (aged 96) • Massachusetts

Photos

Alfred Eisenstadt, wearing a suit and tie, smiles while holding a camera in his hands.
See All Images →
default image
Andreas Feininger
American photographer
Self-portrait by André Kertész
André Kertész
Hungarian-born American photographer
Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White
American photographer
default image
W. Eugene Smith
American photographer
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange
American photographer
James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey
American photojournalist
Ernst Haas, photograph by Erich Hartmann.
Ernst Haas
Austrian photographer
Capa, self-portrait photograph
Robert Capa
American photographer
default image
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer
default image
Erich Salomon
German photographer
Imogen Cunningham: photograph of Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz
American photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer
default image
Aïda Muluneh
Ethiopian photographer, educator, and entrepreneur
Minor White
Minor White
American photographer
default image
Mario Testino
Peruvian photographer
Diane Arbus sits at a table holding a large vintage camera, looking to the side, in a black and white portrait taken in a New York Automat around 1968.
Diane Arbus
American photographer
default image
Weegee
American photographer
default image
Stefan Lorant
American journalist
Henry Luce and Clare Boothe Luce
Henry Luce
American publisher
Sherwood, photograph by Yousuf Karsh
Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright