I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being kissed by the sailor at the end of World War II. Everybody remembers that. Alfred Eisenstaedt More Quotes by Alfred Eisenstaedt More Quotes From Alfred Eisenstaedt The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say ‘Aaaaah,’ with five vowels when they see it. It is something you would like to hang on the wall. The french word ‘photogenique’ defines it better than anything in English. It is a picture which must have quality, drama, and it must, in addition, be as good technically as you can possible make it. Alfred Eisenstaedt wall photography drama The most important thing... is not clicking the shutter... it is clicking with the subject. Alfred Eisenstaedt shutters important photography All photographers have to do, is find and catch the story-telling moment. Alfred Eisenstaedt photography photographer stories I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough. Alfred Eisenstaedt cameras photography would-be I want to be a mouse in a mousehole. Alfred Eisenstaedt mice want Photographers don't need to be aggressive. Some are. Henry Benson is aggressive - but then he's from Fleet Street. If you can talk to people, you don't need to push people around. Alfred Eisenstaedt photographer people needs I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer. Alfred Eisenstaedt eye photography dream My style hasn't changed much in all these sixty years. I still use, most of the time, existing light and try not to push people around. I have to be as much a diplomat as a photographer. People don't often take me seriously because I carry so little equipment and make so little fuss... I never carried a lot of equipment. My motto has always been, "Keep it simple". Alfred Eisenstaedt light photography simple It's important to understand it's OK to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would end up throwing most in the waste basket. You have to work hard at making an editorial picture. You need to re-stage things, rearrange things so that they work for the story, with truth and without lying. Alfred Eisenstaedt hard-work photography lying It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. Alfred Eisenstaedt more important people art
