Alfred eisenstaedt biography timeline designs

Alfred Eisenstaedt was a photographer of Jewish, German, and American descent. He survived Adolf Hitler’s attack on the Jews to become one of the most renowned photographers of his time.

His work had been featured on the front page of LIFE Magazine over 90 times and he toured the world on over 2500 assignments.

Early Years

Alfred Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau, which is located in West Prussia, in 1898 to parents Joseph and Regina.

At the age of eight, he moved with his parents and his two brothers to the city of Berlin where they lived until the rise of the Third Reich.

Interesting facts about alfred eisenstaedt

Alfred’s father was a trader and Alfred probably would have followed in his footsteps had his uncle not given him a camera at the age of 14. This was when Alfred’s love of photography was born. Like the other