Alfred Eisenstaedt, who snapped some of the most recognizable photographs of the 20th century, including the famous 1945 image of a jubilant sailor kissing a swooning nurse in Times Square to ...

Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photo. Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. When World War II finally came to a close on August 14, 1945, Americans all over ...

The great Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photographic vision wasn’t limited to the intimate portraits he produced of some of the 20th century’s most famous faces, from Marilyn Monroe and Frank Lloyd ...

Taken amid the jubilation of V-J Day, which effectively brought World War II to an end, Alfred Eisenstaedt’s black-and-white image was first published in Life magazine in 1945 and has since ...

Pioneer Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt reeled off a string of anecdotes about some of his most famous photographs on exhibit at Circle Gallery, 540 N. Michigan Ave. He was in town fo… ...

Ernest Hemingway, LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt once stated, “was the most difficult man I ever photographed.” Coming from someone who (as we’ve pointed out elsewhere on LIFE.com) made ...

Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured emotional war farewells. WHEN a sailor was caught kissing a woman in 1945 it captured the mood at the end of WWII.

Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life ...

One 2012 blog post inspired a heated debate about the dynamic depicted in the image, pointing to interviews Friedman did over the years, saying in 2005. "It wasn't my choice to be kissed," she said.

The photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt became one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century. It was years before Mendonsa and Friedman were confirmed to be the couple.