Back to the LIFE archives we go, this time for something completely unexpected: an intimate look at the New England coast courtesy of legendary photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt (whose work you have no doubt encountered before).
I found these images quite by accident and it turns out the collection runs hundreds (if not thousands) of photos deep. From that I’ve pulled about 40 of my favorites and set them aside for presentation.
Generally speaking, photos of Martha’s Vineyard shouldn’t and wouldn’t excite me much. I think of it as a moneyed town and little more, probably because I’ve never been there. That’s exactly why I dig these. It’s a testament to Eisenstaedt’s skill that the photos are about something much more interesting than leisure or privilege. These are, foremost, American photos. Whatever Martha’s Vineyard is, I love what Eisenstaedt did with it.
I’ll release these in batches of nine whenever the mood strikes. There isn’t a dud in the bunch, so enjoy.
(All credit/copyright/etc. to the Google/LIFE archive.)
Filed in: americana, icons, photography.
[...] in early October, you might recall, I posted the first set from my Eisenstaedt discovery at the LIFE archives. Summer was a less-distant memory then, something we could still feel if not quite touch. Today the [...]