After the outbreak of war in Germany, Eisenstaedt and his family left for New York City where he became LIFE magazines lead staff photographer, working with Margaret Bourke-White and Robert Capa to cover WW2, and the war effort of the UK, US and all the other allied nations.
Eisenstaedt was known for being extremely prolific in his output, and by the end of his career he had photographed more than 2500 stories for LIFE and TIME - but the most enduring is this photograph from a story marking the end of the war. A solider and a nurse in an embrace in times square.
This picture has become one of the most enduring images of all time, despite the romantic story being debunked.
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