Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 - August 24, 1995) was a German American photographer and photojpurnalist. Eisenstaedt was successful enough to become a full - time photographer in 1929. He photographed a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy.
Eisenstaedt's most famous photograph is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on August 14, 1945 in Times Square.Eisenstaedt's last photographs were of President Bill Clinton with wife and daughter on August 1993.
He died in his bed at midnight in his beloved Menemsha Inn cottage known as the 'Pilot house'
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