Vj Day In Times Square

A two page spread faces three other kissing poses among celebrators.

Vj day in times square. At its best photography captures fleeting snippets that crystallize the hope anguish wonder and joy of life. In recent decades this iconic photograph has engendered condemnation after greta zimmer friedman the woman being kissed by the sailor believed to have been george mendonsa said that the kiss was nonconsensual. The photograph was published a week later in life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the united states that were presented in a twelve page section titled victory celebrations. The picture portrays a u s.

Published in life magazine as v j day in times square it came to represent how joyful americans and people across the world felt at the end of the war in which 406 000 americans died and. Navy sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger a woman in a white dress on victory over japan day v j day in new york city s times square on august 14 1945. It was announced that after a half decade of conflict japan had surrendered and that the war in the pacific and thus the second world war itself was finally over. Taken on v j day 1945 as thousands jammed times square.

The photograph was published a week later in life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the united states that were presented in a twelve page section titled victory celebrations. V j day in times square. Alfred eisenstaedt one of the first four photographers.