Hi, Mike You may be right about Doisneau's "The Kiss" causing some of the confusion. I too read that it was posed; I think that's now generally accepted.
There is also some confusion caused by the fact that a Navy photographer took a photo of the same event as Eisenstadt, at almost the same moment (the nurse is even tugging down at her dress), but it's not nearly as wonderful a photo. Further, as you stated, a number of people have come forward over the years, claiming to be the sailor and the nurse in the photo. One of the claimants claimed that the photo was posed, contrary to what Eisenstadt himself said. There were also rumours that the shot was actually taken on VE Day, some months earlier, and sat in archives until VJ Day, but that too has been discounted due to documents that put Eisenstadt out of the country on VE Day. Anyway, to look at the image, along with the contacts of the three other shots taken by Eisenstadt of the couple, go to this site: http://www.pathfinder.com/photo/gallery/arts/eisie/vjday/960826.htm There's also a discussion about the veracity of the image, along with a link to the Navy photographer's photo. regards, frank Mike Johnston wrote: > I think the idea that it's posed conflates two photographs--the one that was > posed was Robert Doisneau's "The Kiss," a famous picture which shows two > lovers kissing near a Paris caf�. A few years ago it was revealed that the > people were models and the photo was posed, which was widely reported in the > specialist press. Eisenstadt's victory kiss was photojournalism, and was not > posed. The controversy about that one centers around the fact that there are > some 30 (?) couples who claim (or have claimed) to be the couple in the > picture. > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
