The Vinyard, as it is familiarly known to locals and vacationers, is famous for Gay Head, its colorful majestic cliffs overhanging the Vineyard Sound. and publisher of LIFE Magazine, asked him to do a story about Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. In 1937, only two years after his arrival in the United States, Eisenstadt was given the photographic assignment that became the love of his life. When he was asked if he was uncomfortable photographing the Nazi, he responded yes, but that he was never afraid when he was taking pictures.Īlfred Eisenstaedt in Martha's Vineyard 1957(Photograph Copyright Dirck Halstead) His Joseph Goebbles photo at the League of Nations(Copyright Eisenstaedt/LIFE) clearly displays the antagonism of his subject when Goebbles realized Eisenstaedt was Jewish. His photojournalistic skill gained him recognition throughout Europe, and in 1933 he was one of the few photographers present to photograph the meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. In 1929 he decided to make photography his career. He was a fast learner with a unique talent for candid photography. It was an adventure and I was always amazed when anything came out". ('Alfred Eisenstaedt' by Ray Zone) He commented, "Photojournalism had just started, and I knew very little about photography. He began his first free lance job in Berlin in 1928 for a company that was bought out by the Associated Press in 1931. After recuperating from his war injuries, Alfred Eisenstaedt sold his first photograph in 1927.
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