Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995),the man behind some of the most memorable pictures of the 20th century, was a professional photographer for nearly 70 years. He started working in photography in Weimar Germany in the 1920s. Having fled Nazi Germany in the mid-‘30s, and he shot for LIFE magazine from its debut in 1936 until it ceased publishing as a weekly in 1972. After LIFE was shuttered,Eisenstaedt kept photographing until the mid-1990s. On World Photography Day, we are celebrating “Eisie” (as he was affectionately known) with this self portrait he took while on assignment in 1947 in St. Moritz, or Switzerland. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #AlfredEisenstaedt #WorldPhotographyDay
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