For half a century Alfred Eisenstaedt has been photographing personalities and world events with a skill that earned him--particularly during his long association with Life magazine--the title of Father of Photojournalism. Not only is his collection of photographs fabulous--so are the signatures and saying by the fascinating people this great photographer has met during his international travels since the 1920s. Here, for instance, are George Bernard Shaw, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Frost, the Kennedys, W.H. Auden, Marlene Dietrich, Beverly Sills, Tennessee Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Alicia Markova, Marilyn Monroe, Sir Laurence Olivier, Gerald Ford--just a few of the more than two hungered distinguished friends and acquaintances to be found on these pages. In addition to the impressive photographs, there are original sketches in his albums by such artists as Walt Disney, Salvador Dali, Carl Milles, Thomas Hart Benton, and Roger Tory Peterson. There are pictures of Eisie photographing President Kennedy, Eisie with Sophia Loren, Eisie being made up in Hollywood as Napoleon, Groucho Marx, and Dr. Jekyll's Mr. Hyde. Eisie shares these and many other informal delights with his fans for the first time by allowing his treasured and unique albums to be published.--From jacket flap