Nov102008
“Hope, love, peace and tomorrow”
Filed under General, Photojournalism, journalism by don himsel at 10:03 am
Edith Shain of Los Angeles says the post-war Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of a sailor kissing a nurse represents all those feelings. Shain is in the news today, a day before 11/11- Veterans Day. There are many references out there to who may be who in the iconic image but as I was checking some mail today I saw this. Enjoy. And whether she is in fact the nurse in the photo, on the eve of this Veterans Day, November 11, 2008, maybe we can all give a little thought to what she has to say.
V-J Day, 1945
“I saw a sailor running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight.” he explained. “Whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin, old, didn’t make any difference. I was running ahead of him with my Leica looking back over my shoulder…Then suddenly, in a flash, I saw something white being grabbed. I turned around and clicked the moment the sailor kissed the nurse.” Eisenstaedt was very gratified and pleased with this enduring image. “People tell me that when I am in heaven they will remember this picture.” - Eisenstaedt. Article from Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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