Item Information
Title: Interview with Alfred Eisenstaedt
Date: 1992 December
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette (microcassette) ; 42 min., 52 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts and has portions of background noise and muffled speech. Helen Kohen interviews Alfred Eisenstaedt. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Eisenstaedt's life, career as a photographer, copyright ownership of his photographs, his views on photography and photojournalism in 1990s, photograph V-J Day in Times Square, and numerous stories about famous people Eisenstaedt has photographed. Recording includes an unnamed photographer in addition to Eisenstaedt and Kohen. People mentioned include Harry Benson, Irving Penn, Thomas Mann, Sophia Loren, Gordon Pollock, David Douglas Duncan.
Creator: Eisenstaedt, Alfred, 1898-1995
Forms part of: Helen L. Kohen papers, 1978-1996
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Alfred Eisenstaedt and Helen L. Kohen. Interview with Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1992 December. Helen L. Kohen papers, 1978-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25131