famous photograph update

Just pulled this off the AP newswire:

 

AP-Kissing Sailor

 

Houston man says he's the sailor in famed 1945 photo

 

HOUSTON (AP) - For years a Houston man has claimed he's the

sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in Life magazine's iconic

photo of the day World War II ended.

Now it appears 80-year-old Glenn McDuffie is right.

Veteran Houston police forensic artist Lois Gibson took up the

challenge. Her detailed investigation concluded that McDuffie is

the man in Alfred Eisenstaedt's August 14th, 1945 image.

The 2005 Guinness Book of Records said Gibson has helped police

identify more suspects than any other forensic artist.

McDuffie, who's now battling lung cancer, has had three wives

and three children.

He's played semipro baseball and worked in construction and for

the Postal Service.

Before he dies, the Kannapolis, North Carolina, native wants the

world to know he was the sailor in the famous photo.

I guess this interesting. But really, the point of this photograph is that they are the *every*man and *every*woman on that day. If we could really see their faces the photo would not be as iconic, it would be more like portraiture.

Now if they can just figure who the nurse was Holliwood can make a movie.

From today's Houston Chronicle:

 

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5026721.html

I've always suspected that Alfie Eisenstadt hired two of Bobbie Doisneau's actors.

 

Never matter: obviously a memorable smooch.

Eisenstadt said he took several pictures very quickly, with a Rollei, and chose this one because of the white dress of the girl and the sailor in the background.

Anthony, Eisenstaedt did take several shots in fairly rapid succession but he wrote that he used a Leica. The lens was a 28mm Hektor.

Yes sorry Jonathan. I don't know why I wrote Rollei. He used a Leice, I don't know what lens, but took I think four pictures, choosing this as the best composed.

Didn't Eisenstaedt comment several years ago on a guy who claimed to be the sailor? My recollection was that he said it was a shoot and scoot situation and he had no idea of the sailor's name.

Maybe he didn't bother to take notice of the sailor's name because he had no slightest hint or inkling that the photo would become famous one day.