ELLIS ISLAND by sophie https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb Biography of Alfred Eisenstaedt + photo 3 en-us 2018-01-22 15:46:25 UTC 2025-04-24 16:32:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Alfred Eisenstaedt vergeade https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223389056 Alfred E. was a german photographer. He was born on december 1898 and lived till 96 years. He fought on the German side during the World War. Then, in 1929, he became professional photographer. Four years later he passed to photograph a meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. In 1935, he was then persecuted by the nazis and decided to run away to the States to live in New York for the rest of his life. He joined Life magazine and became the star photographer from 1936 to 1972. During his career at the magazine, he photographed Sophie Loren and Ernest Hemingway. ]]> 2018-01-22 15:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223389056 Photo 3 vergeade https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223398355 In 1950, Alfred Eisenstaedt took photos of Ellis Island for the Life magazine.
On this one, we can see, on the foreground, a mother and her little girl. The woman is sat between lot of other people, all came from Europe. 
Maybe this woman came here to protect her child and to raise him in better conditions than in her native country. Perhaps, in her country, there is war, famine, epidemics... 
I think this women is stressed because she is certainly thinking of the tests she will have to pass to enter to US. Maybe she is scared because her girl will not be able to pass the test and they will have to separate. Of course, this women should be tired to wait in this conditions: there is a lot of people. They came to Ellis Island and had to wait for a long time to pass tests. Sometimes, people who came together had to separate because one was accepted and the other rejected. 
I think this is hard, physically and psychologically to handle this situation and even more with a child. ]]> 2018-01-22 16:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223398355 vergeade https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223400082 2018-01-22 16:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vergeade/h0zhovpz3ysb/wish/223400082