When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.
"Alfred Eisenstaedt" was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. One of the most prolific photographers of the twentieth century, he began his career in pre-World War II Germany, and after moving to the U.S., achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine, which featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers with over 2,500 photo stories published.
Among his most famous cover photographs was the V-J Day celebration in New York City of "an exuberant American sailor kissing a nurse in a dancelike dip [that] summed up the euphoria many Americans felt as the war came to a close." Eisenstaedt was "renowned for his ability to capture memorable images of important people in the news, including statesmen, movie stars and artists" and for his candid photography/candid photographs, taken with a small 135 film/35mm Leica Camera/Leica camera and typically with only Available light/natural lighting.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous photographers! More Alfred Eisenstaedt on Wikipedia.I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer.
It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.
I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.
Keep it simple.
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