V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger [1] —a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") [2] in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945.

2024年3月6日 · The picture portrays a U.S. 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.

2016年9月11日 · Friedman was a 21-year-old dental assistant, out in Times Square when news of the war’s end broke. George Mendonsa, who in 2015 confirmed he was the man in the photo , saw Friedman for the...

2015年8月14日 · Taken on V-J Day, 1945, as thousands jammed Times Square. 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.

2020年3月27日 · The “Victory over Japan Day in Times Square”, known as “V-J Day in Times Square”, is a photograph taken in 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt. He was an American photographer and photojournalist who was born in Germany.

2018年11月8日 · On August 14, 1945, WWII ended with the surrender of the last Axis power, a day which became known as the Victory over Japan. Photographs of cheerful sailors in the middle of Times Square circulated everywhere.

Description On August 14, 1945, moments after Japan’s surrender was announced to end World War II, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisensteadt photographed a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York City.

Victor Jorgensen’s and Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photographs poignantly capture V-J Day’s euphoria, each showcasing a unique scene of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, symbolizing World War II’s end and the united joy of the United States and Allied nations.

2014年8月1日 · Revisiting Alfred Eisenstaedt's storied photograph, 'V-J Day in Times Square,' and other wild celebrations around the U.S.

2020年8月14日 · In New York, Times Square was flooded with jubilation and excitement, and this is where photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt found himself. It was here that he captured the photograph of a sailor kissing a dental nurse, which has now become an iconic emblem of the Allies’ military triumph.