Kissing Sailor in Iconic ‘V-J Day in Times Square’ Photo Dies at 95
The sailor who was photographed kissing a nurse in Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photo V-J Day in Times Square has died. George Mendonsa was 95.
French Feminists Say Iconic V-J Day Kiss Photo Shows Sexual Assault, Want Statue Taken Down
Feminists in France are demanding that a statue based on Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic ‘VJ-day in Times Square’ photo be taken down. They say that the original image it was based on is one that portrays sexual assault.
‘Kiss in Times Square’ Photo and Camera Both Up for Auction at WestLicht
At the end of May, a signed copy of one of the most iconic photos ever taken, and the camera that took it, will both go on sale at the WestLicht Photographica Auction. The photo is a signed print of the iconic V-J Day "Kiss in Times Square" photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, and the camera is the Leica IIIa rangefinder that he used right up until the day he died.
Famous Photographs Turned Into Arm’s-Length Self-Portraits
Self-portraits snapped with an outstretched arm can be seen everywhere these days, from profile pictures on Facebook to filtered shots on Instagram. Among iconic historical photos? Not so much.
However, Cape Town, South Africa-based newspaper Cape Times has launched a brilliant new advertising campaign that imagines what those photos were look like if they had been captured with arm's-length "selfies".
V-J Day in Times Square in Color
Redditor and DeviantArt user mygrapefruit took Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph V-J Day in Times Square and colorized it, giving us a glimpse into what the photo might have looked like had Eisenstaedt used color film.