Witness to Our Time by Alfred Eisenstaedt (important photographer)

Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1967, hardcover, illustrated, 25.7 cms x 33 cms x 3.2 cms, condition: very good.

illustrated with hundreds of full color and black and white photographs.

Rich with a half-century of photographs from the pages of Life magazine, this volume presents a gallery of famous people and a photohistory of great events captured by the camera of the brilliant photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995). Portraying over three hundred men and women of our time (among them John Kennedy, Golda Meir, George Bernard Shaw, Sophia Loren, Ernest Hemingway, Katharine Hepburn, and Mikhail Baryshnikov).

A collection of photographs of famous people and historic events. "A Photographic record of people and events of the last forty years as captured by the camera of one of Life magazine's most famous photographers." Echoes of World War I -- Europe between Two Wars -- Search for Peace -- Rise of the Dictators -- United States:Great Depression -- Hollywood -- United States: World War II -- Birth of a Bomb -- Defeated Japan -- Korean War -- Italy: Communists Win -- England: Three Prime Ministers -- United States: Eisenhower Becomes President -- Portfolio of Distinguished Englishmen -- Royal Family -- Ethiopia -- Kenya -- Ghana -- Fabulous Country -- Portfolio of Distinguished Americans -- Conservation in the United States -- Performing Arts -- Travel Boom -- United Nations -- John F. Kennedy -- Eye of Eisenstaedt.