Eisenstaedt A. The Eye of Eisenstaedt

Viking Press, 1969. — 208 p.This book is in answer to the many requests Eisenstaedt has received over the years asking him about his experiences as a Life photographer, how he actually took some of his great pictures, his ideas about photography, what he considers makes a good picture, and what technical advice he would offer to photographers.In The Eye of Eisenstaedt he does all this in a delightfully informal way. He talks about his early experiments with available light, how he became a professional photographer, and how he made his first cover for Life. (He has since made more than ninety Life covers.)On these pages Eisenstaedt also discusses ways of taking portraits, landscapes, action and human-interest pictures, animals, birds, and children.