The photo was published on the cover of Life. In a celebration mirrored around the world, the New Yorkers took to the Square to celebrate a new era of peace, and hope, the image of which was captured on Alfred Eisenstaedt’s picture of an unknown couple kissing. Vj Day () by Alfred EisenstaedtLIFE Photo Collection Alfred Eisenstaedt was one of LIFE Magazine’s most notable photographers and photojournalists. When photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped the picture in 1945, he did not document any information about the photos subjects, and their identities were a mystery for years. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline at the President's Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., 1961.īy CBSNews. V-J Day - The Kiss Alfred Eisenstaedt,©Time Inc./Courtesy Monroe Gallery of Photography. V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in LIFE in 1945 with the caption, In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers. Eisenstaedt’s photo wasn’t the only piece of V-J Day PDA that graced the Augissue of Life. Johnson chats with President-elect John F. THIS WAS FAR FROM THE ONLY KISSING COUPLE PHOTOGRAPHED FOR LIFE. His career spanned more than 50 years and truly defined photojournalism in the hey day of large format picture magazines such as Life and Look. The German-born photographer is perhaps best known for his iconic photo called "The Kiss" of a jubilant sailor kissing a nurse in New York City's Times Square celebrating VJ-Day on August 14, 1945, published on the cover of Life. V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in LIFE in 1945 with the caption, In New Yorks Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers. The German-born photographer is perhaps best known for his iconic photo called 'The Kiss' of a jubilant sailor kissing a nurse in New York City's Times Square celebrating VJ-Day on August 14. Now 50 of the legendary photographer's photos are available through the Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico through June 26, 2016. He was the quintessential Life photographer with the unfailing ability to capture the defining moment. His iconic portraits of the biggest figures of the 20th century - including Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe and Winston Churchill - along with his beautiful, poignant images of daily life made him one of the most published photojournalists in the world.
Alfred Eisenstaedt,©Time Inc./Courtesy Monroe Gallery of Photographyįamed Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt's classic images are an indelible part of history.
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