On 9/19/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't be shocked to hear that's true, a lot of Eisenstaedt's work was > posed, especially the early work. But that's one of the few shots by him that > doesn't seem lifeless to me, so it may well be a candid.
I'm sure it ~wasn't~ staged. I read an article on it once which included an interview of Eisie. There were about 5 frames of the soldier as he grabbed other women, none of which were remarkable shots. The photo in question certainly seemed to "go with" the other frames shown, none of which ~could~ have been staged. There were, several other "attempts" by other lesser photographers to replicate the photo which were subsequently published. Those were all staged. There has also been a parade of people claiming to have been the sailor and the nurse, claiming compensation from Eisenstadt and his estate. So far, none has been successful. I do recall seeing one of the "nurses" interviewed, and she claimed that, not only was the "the nurse", she also claimed the photo was staged, leading me to believe that perhaps she was involved in one of the non-Eisenstadt "fakes"... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
