“Unconditional Surrender,” by Seward Johnson. Located at the San Diego Waterfront. Inspired by the spontaneous celebration at New York City’s Time Square in 1945, when Americans found out that WWII had ended.
10MAR13. San Diego, CA.
“Unconditional Surrender,” by Seward Johnson. Located at the San Diego Waterfront. Inspired by the spontaneous celebration at New York City’s Time Square in 1945, when Americans found out that WWII had ended.
10MAR13. San Diego, CA.
Point of interest, look the the REAL story behind the original black and white photo, you will change your point of view on all of these.
Hi, do you have a link to the story behind ? Cheers, Michel
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/20/famous-kissing-sailor-photo-sparks-true-detective/
hi- thank you for this interesting link. Cheers, Michel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213805/Romantic-moment-sex-assault-Feminist-blogger-slams-Kissing-Sailor-iconic-1945-Times-Square-photo-drunken-predator.html
Try reading this instead.
Question remains, whether Mendosa was aware or not that he was going to be photographed right now. Eisenstaedt must have been positioned right in front of him. Thank you for the information. Cheers, Michel
But Michel, check the story out about it that Derek (above) sent. Provides a completely different vibe to the sculpture…