Re: Happy Birthday Alfred Eisenstaedy! OT
Evan Hanson wrote: > Anyone know what kind of camera that famous VJ day picture was taken with? Hi, Evan, I'm quite certain it was a Leica. regards, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Happy Birthday Alfred Eisenstaedy! OT
OT? At least it is about photography - hopefully that is what Pentax itself is about. Have you had the pleasure of reading The Eye of Eisenstaedt? It has some fascinatiing information about how/why he made some of his favorite images. Regards, Ed M. In a message dated 12/6/2001 9:09:01 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It's the birthday of photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, born in > Dirschau, > Prussia (1898). When Eisenstaedt was 14, his uncle gave him an Eastman > Kodak Number Three Folding Camera, and he began taking pictures. He > photographed many famous artists and statesman and, in 1933, was sent > to shoot the first meeting of Hitler and Mussolini. Two years later, > Eisenstaedt fled Germany for America. In New York he was hired, along > with three other photographers, by Henry Luce for something Luce called > > "Project X." On November 23, 1936, Project X debuted as Life magazine, > featuring five pages of Eisenstaedt's pictures. It was after WWII that > Eisenstaedt captured his most famous image, a sailor kissing a nurse on > > V-J Day in Times Square. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Happy Birthday Alfred Eisenstaedy! OT
It's the birthday of photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, born in Dirschau, Prussia (1898). When Eisenstaedt was 14, his uncle gave him an Eastman Kodak Number Three Folding Camera, and he began taking pictures. He photographed many famous artists and statesman and, in 1933, was sent to shoot the first meeting of Hitler and Mussolini. Two years later, Eisenstaedt fled Germany for America. In New York he was hired, along with three other photographers, by Henry Luce for something Luce called "Project X." On November 23, 1936, Project X debuted as Life magazine, featuring five pages of Eisenstaedt's pictures. It was after WWII that Eisenstaedt captured his most famous image, a sailor kissing a nurse on V-J Day in Times Square. This is from The Writer's Almanac: http://almanac.mpr.org/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
