Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6 1898, Dirschau, West Prussia (now Tczew, Poland) - August 24 1995, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York) was a photographer and photojournalist, best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day.

Eisenstaedt emigrated to the United States in 1935, where he lived the rest of his life. Eisenstaedt worked as a photographer for Life magazine from 1936 to 1972. His photos of news events and celebrities, such as Sophia Loren and Ernest Hemingway, were featured on a number of Life covers.

Eisenstaedt is most renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera. His most famous photograph is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Square in 1945. Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events, many of the details of the photo were not recorded. However, the young woman is widely accepted to have been Edith Shain, although some sources say she was Greta Friedman. The sailor was identified by the Naval War College in August 2005 as George Mendonça, of Newport, Rhode Island, although many other men have claimed the honor. ^*

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