Put on your thinking caps, photography fans! I’m starting a fun new quiz. See if you can NAME THAT PHOTOGRAPHER by reading the following five clues:
1) He was a Jewish German-American photographer born in 1898.
2) In 1936 he became one of the four original photographers at LIFE magazine, where he produced 2,500 assignments and 92 covers.
3) He was best known for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day in Times Square.
4) He once famously said, “It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”
5) He lived to the age of 96 and photographed President Clinton and his family on Martha’s Vineyard when he was 94 (the last photos of his life).
Bonus clue: He created one of my all-time favorite images ever in Paris called, “Children at Puppet Theatre.” It sits right next to my desk and makes me smile every day.
Write your guess in the comment box, then check back tomorrow morning (March 20th) for the answer.
AND NO CHEATING!
I’ve seen this photo a million times. Maybe more, but I love it every time. It’s so iconic, a perfect symbol of the joy that comes knowing war has ended. Yes, Eisenstaedt. Here in San Diego, there’s been a giant sculpture of this photograph. It’s pretty cool but plans are underway to take it down. Here’s a link so you can see the statue: http://www.viator.com/photos/San-Diego-tours/Go-San-Diego-Card/1235690
Monica, thanks for sharing the link to the sculpture in SD. Wow. That is some sculpture! As always, I love seeing your smiling “face” here on my blog. You always add pizzazz and interesting tidbits to the comments.
Alfred Eisenstaedt. And the truth is, I couldn’t remember his name so I cheated and googled it.
Ahhh, I like an honest cheater!
Well, until I read all the answers above, I would have guessed Franz Berko!
Jane, how great to see you here! Franz would not have been a bad guess. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Silly, everybody knows this was Alfred Eisenstadt. An iconic image of WW2 and a classic street photographer’s grab shot. But as we know from Cartier Bresson and others these are not just grab shots, they are pre-visualized in the photographer’s mind; that’s what makes greatness out of mere accidents.
Clearly, I made this too easy, especially for somebody like you. Thanks for adding your perspective. It’s wonderful having you along adding to the conversation.
Alfred Eisenstaedt… I know I got it right Becky. And I did not cheat also. Neither I have checked it in wikepedia .
You are correct, Arindam!
But I cheated it. I checked this one in Wikipedia.
I won’t tell.
Without looking at my photo books, and going on early morning memory, I’ll say Alfred Eisenstadt.
Very impressive, Stu, especially early in the morning.
Bresson?
Nice try.
You should probably say that professional photographers are not eligible for this contest. We would win! And take away the fun for your other readers.
You are probably right. I’m thinking of other ways to do this so it’s fun, but not too easy.
Alfred Eisenstaedt. I recently did a recreation of this image which is posted on my blog! Such a good photo, I love it so much.
Well, that made it easy for you to answer the question since you just did a recreation of this image. Fun idea. I just took a peek. Looks like you’re up to lots of interesting things.
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You are crowned the winner for being the first person to correctly answer this question! Good job. By the way, I took a look at your blog. It looks like you’ve been to some interesting places around the world. I enjoyed peeking at your pictures. Thanks for stopping by.