

Other commemorations of V-J Day mark Sept. Signed in black ink, recto, lower right below image: Eisenstaedt Stamped in black with black ink inscriptions, verso, lower left: TIME INC.

The photographer recalled in his 1985 book Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt: A Self-Portrait that a sailor. V-J Day in Times Square captured in 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt remains one of the most iconic and famous images of the 20th century. Eisenstaedt’s photo, V-J Day in Times Square, ran the following week in Life magazine. 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 671,000 were wounded, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Why the V-J Day in Times Square Photo is So Iconic Widewalls. The Photograph That Isnt as Romantic as You Might Think On August 14, 1945. 14, 1945, which is known as V-J Day, the day Japan officially surrendered to the United States in World War II. He lived there with his wife of 70 years, Rita, and died Sunday, two days short of his 96th birthday. George Mendonsa, 95, had a seizure and fell in an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, his daughter, Sharon Molleur, told the Providence Journal. The contrast of Zimmer’s bright white uniform with Mendonsa’s dark suit caught Eisenstaedt’s eye. Over his career he had more than 90 of his photos featured on the cover of the magazine, and over. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day. You probably know him as the person who captured the iconic V-J Day kiss image in Times Square. The signed photo is estimated to sell for as much as USD23,500 and the camera could fetch up to USD32,780. The man in the iconic photo of an exuberant Navy sailor kissing a woman in New York City's Times Square at the end of World War II has died. Unconditional Surrender is a three-dimensional interpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York City on Aug. An original signed print of Alfred Eisenstaedts famous 1945 V-J Day celebration.

Watch Video: Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies DescriptionOn August 14, 1945, moments after Japans surrender was announced to end World War II, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisensteadt photographed.
