Born in 1898 in West Prussia, Alfred Eisenstaedt, at the age of 7, moved to a flourishing Berlin. After his Baccalaureate and his occupation as haberdasher it took him until his mid 20’s to turn to photography. Then, however, all at once the political atmosphere began to shift blow upon blow. As a photojournalist he worked for the Associated Press and reported on the critical meetings of leading politicians up until the meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. After his emigration to NYC in 1935, his success launched forward uninterrupted. As an employee of the then newly released Life