This exhibition takes a closer look at the creation and impact of the carefully selected images found in the pages of Life-and the precisely crafted narratives told through these pictures-in order to reveal how the magazine shaped conversations about war, race, technology, national identity, and more in the 20th-century United States. Among them, Life magazine-published weekly from 1936 to 1972-was both wildly popular and visually revolutionary, with photographs arranged in groundbreaking dramatic layouts known as photo-essays. Revealing the stories we don’t know.įrom the Great Depression to the Vietnam War, almost all of the photographs printed for consumption by the American public appeared in illustrated magazines. Conservation and Collections Management.Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.įall fashion: close up of pleated skirt and plaid wool top, 1960s. Carmine De Sapio at Prince Aly Khan's party, 1959. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.īack views of fur-clad socialites Mrs. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.Įlevated view of a trio of men in suits and straw boaters as they talk on a sidewalk, New York, 1958. Three men pose in outdoors in Bermuda shorts, New York, 1953. Men wearing shorts with Argyle socks and a woman wearing preppy fashion, 1953. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.ĭisplay of Ferragamo shoes, Florence, Italy, 1940s. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.įur coats hanging from ceiling of fur shop, Milan, Italy, 1940s. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.ĭisplay of men's clothing in store window, Milan, Italy, 1940s. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.ĭisplay of leather handbags in store window, Milan, Italy, 1940s. shoes which they call My old lady's Army Shoes & wear every Tuesday at school, 1948. Teenage boys sporting their latest shoe fad of wearing G.I. Headwaiter at the Palace Hotel in fashionable winter resort inspecting his wait staff, St. Midday cocktails being served at bar made of snow on private ice rink at the Palace Hotel in fashionable winter resort, St. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.įashion show during florists convention, New York, 1946. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.įashion show in Jade Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, 1944. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.Ĭoffee served on porch of ante-bellum mansion, Riverview, by young ladies wearing hoop skirts at party for cadets from local Army Flying School, Mississippi, 1943. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.Ĭhic woman walking her poodles along sidewalk on Fifth Avenue, 1942. Impact of National Defense on American fashion: Aviator's jacket inspired this suit of khaki-colored covert with stripe, 1941. Popular beach sandals & trousers worn by two young women at the beach, 1940. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE.Ī Miami Beach bather wearing a fur jacket to combat unseasonable 31 degree weather, Florida, 1940. Model clad in fur mantelet over an evening dress as she strolls down promenade deck that runs the entire length of Neiman Marcus store, 1939. One of Gaba's paintings is behind her on the wall. Lester Gaba's mannequin named Cynthia, New York City, 1937. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt via ullstein bild. Italian couple in white clothes with ski poles, 1934. Two women dressed for a garden party, 1934. Models presenting evening gowns at the Chanel fashion house, 1933. Models at the Molyneux fashion house, Paris, 1933. Models in casual wear and evening dresses of the Paris fashion house of Molyneux waiting for a fashion show, 1933. Models in the dressing room of the Paris fashion house of Molyneux, 1933. Here are 29 photographs capture fashion models, styles and shows from the 1940s to the 1960s, taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt: Another noted feature was the relaxed atmosphere he always established for his subjects. His typical use of natural light, unlike most photographers at the time who relied on flash lighting, was one of the notable attributes in Eisenstaedt’s shots. Eisenstaedt’s prominent reputation increased significantly as a staff photographer for Life, with more than 90 pictures featured on the magazine’s covers and more than 2,500 photo stories published. Alfred Eisenstaedt was best known for his candid portraits of politicians, celebrities and fascinating street shots, but his most famous work remains the iconic VJ Day in Times Square, an indelible photograph capture an American sailor grabbing and kissing a young nurse on August 14, 1945.
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