ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, High school student Hans Leder, who spent his summer doing farm work as member of Volunteer Land Corps, VT. apologized for not getting a haircut., 1942, 9.75x7.75" Gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1942, Stamped in ink on print verso: Volunteer Land Corps Vermont 8/42 / Pix Photo credit stamp / Tim Inc. Rights stamp / Used in LIFE Sep 21 1942. Inscribed in pencil on print verso: Party Faces - Hans Leder - 16 - Queens Goes to H.S. There, John Marshall - 15 - NYC - Goes to Dumont H.S. / Hans apologized for hair - said he hadn't had a chance to get a haircut. Notations and printing marks on print verso.

LIFE Magazine September 21, 1942 includes a cropped bust view of Hans Leder showing his uncombed hair, in an article titled "LIFE Goes to a Land Corps Party: City youngsters end a summer of farm chores and harvesting in Vermont." The article briefly notes that 600 city youngsters, mostly from New York, joined the Volunteer Land Corps to help out farmers in Vermont.

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), one of the most famous photographers of the 20th century, began taking pictures at the age of 14 when he was given his first camera, an Eastman Kodak Folding Camera with roll film. In 1927 Eisenstaedt sold his first photograph and began his free-lance career for Pacific and Atlantic Photos Agency in Berlin, which was taken over by Associated Press in 1931. Using cumbersome equipment with tripods and glass plate negatives, Eisenstaedt produced many photos on assignment of musicians, writers, and royalty. One of his more famous photographs from the early 1930s depicts a waiter at the ice rink of the Grand Hotel. Another reveals the opera house La Scala, Milan. By 1935 Eisenstaedt had acquired a Rolleiflex camera and immigrated to America. A year later he became one of the original staff photographers for LIFE Magazine. At that point he was considered one of the masters of the candid photograph. VJ Day in Times Square on August 15, 1945 provided the opportunity for Eisenstaedt to photograph the image for which he is most famous.

Eisenstaedt had his first one-man exhibition in 1954 at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. He had many subsequent exhibits and was the recipient of numerous awards, among them the National Medal of the Arts, which he received from President George Bush in 1989 in a ceremony on the White House lawn.

CREDIT: http://www.howardgreenberg.com/artists/alfred-eisenstaedt

Very Good. Edge wear, light handling marks. Retouching paint on surface of print.