Arts Universe and Philology

Arts Universe and Philology
The blog "Art, Universe, and Philology" is an online platform dedicated to the promotion and exploration of art, science, and philology. Its owner, Konstantinos Vakouftsis, shares his thoughts, analyses, and passion for culture, the universe, and literature with his readers.

Δευτέρα 2 Απριλίου 2018

Η Γερμανία του Άλφρεντ Εσενστέντ. Eisenstaedt: Germany

Alfred Eisenstaedt has frequently been described as the father of photojournalism. He was one of a handful of pioneers who developed photo reportage in the late 1920s and 1930s, coincident with the emergence of high-speed Leica cameras. On view are 93 black-and-white photographs by the German émigré, contrasting Germany of the 1930s with that of today. Among those seen in the 1930s photos are Marlene Dietrich and Joseph Goebbels; Max Schmeling is seen in both groups of photos.





























«Τα μάτια του μίσους», Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933. Σε μια συνεδρίαση της Κοινωνίας των Εθνών το 1933, ο ναζιστής υπουργός προπαγάνδας Γιόζεφ Γκαίμπελς παραμένει καθιστός, ενώ μιλάει στον διερμηνέα του. Ο γεννημένος στη Γερμανία Alfred Eisenstaedt, ένας από τους ιδρυτές φωτογράφους του LIFE αργότερα, θυμήθηκε ότι ο Γκαίμπελς του χαμογελούσε μέχρι που έμαθε ότι ο Eisenstaedt ήταν Εβραίος. Τη στιγμή αυτή συνέλαβε σε αυτήν τη φωτογραφία. Ξαφνικά, «με κοίταξε με μίσος στα μάτια και περίμενε να μαζευτώ», είπε ο φωτογράφος. «Αλλά δεν το έκανα».































































A marvelous book of photographs from the great German photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, all of his native country, spanning 1913 to 1980. Eisenstaedt fled Germany in 1935 for the West, during the Nazi era, and photographs people as diverse as Gunter Grass, Joseph Goebbels, Lufthansa stewardesses and chimney sweeps during 50 years of German history. He likes to contrast Germany of the '20s and '30s with the informality of Berlin in the late '70s and early '80s.