Ann, It was a different time and place. The photo captured the exuberant reaction to victory over Japan. Almost everyone forgives the sailor. I spent 2-3 hours waiting at the sculpture in San Diego. Plenty of the older adults tried to recreate the pose. It was fun. Even a tour group of Japanese teens tried recreating the pose, when the chaperones weren't looking! Everyone gets the pose wrong. The woman is completely off balance, supported by the sailor with her arm just dangling, not returning the gesture. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > If ya have to ask, ya don't know :-) > > ann > > On 12/13/2014 14:50, John wrote: >> >> What about it makes it offensive? >> >> On 12/12/2014 9:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> Am I the only one that finds the sculptures a little offensive? >>> >>> I know the _photo_ well, Dan - the one Alfred Eisenstadt shot for LIFE >>> Magazine - and I actually saw back then as my parents subscribed to both >>> LIFE and LOOK. (I was almost 9 years old on VJ day...) >>> >>> I think the world's largest cow in... (is it NORTH Dakota?) fares well >>> in comparison :-) >>> >>> ann >>> >>> On 12/12/2014 00:40, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>> >>>> Like many of Seward Johnson's sculptures, it is based on a great work >>>> of art, in this case an iconic photo. >>>> The sculpture was displayed on Times Square for a while. >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Like the shot, hate the sculpture - >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/11/2014 21:49, Rick Womer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> A runner-up for this month's PUG, also from the Grounds for >>>>>> Sculpture in >>>>>> central New Jersey: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17922124 >>>>>> >>>>>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>>>>> >>>>>> Comments appreciated! >>>>>> >>>>>> Rick >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
