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The American picture magazine "Life" was founded in 1936, and because of its special era background, it has recorded many major historical events from World War II to the 1970s, and the photographer of "Life" magazine also created the beginning of the world's photojournalism, and Alfred Eisenstedt enjoyed the title of "father of photographers".
It is worth mentioning that among his peers, Alfred Eisenstedt is still one of the few people who has taken photos for Hitler and Mussolini, and "The Kiss of Victory" is the most famous work of Alfred Eisenstedt on the road of photography.
According to the disclosure, on August 14, 1945 local time in New York (August 15, Beijing time), the news of Japan's unconditional surrender reached the United States, and the people of New York also took to the streets to celebrate the victory. In Times Square, a surging sailor couldn't help but kiss the female nurse next to him.
This scene was captured by Alfred Eisenstedt, and it was not expected that this "kissing" photo had become a classic historical picture passed down through the generations, and was called "The Kiss of Victory", and then there were commemorative sculptures and commemorative activities in Times Square.
However, the posture of the sailor and the nurse kissing is more elegant and beautiful, and this "kissing" photo even spread around the world, but the two were never seen later.
Although many people see this classic photo and think that the sailor and the nurse are a couple or a couple who have been reunited for a long time, or a young plum bamboo horse, in short, most people give it a beautiful definition, but the reality is that the sailor and the nurse do not know each other, and there has not even been any communication before this.
Alfred Eisenstedt later said he saw the sailor running in Times Square, hugging any woman along the way, whether old, fat, thin, tall or short. Perhaps it was the end of the war that made the sailors feel happy, but in fact, at that time, many people were excited and celebrated for the peacetime.
But Alfred Eisenstedt noticed the sailor and saw the sailor hug a nurse and offer him a kiss, after which the two separated.
The world is big, it's easy to meet, but it's too difficult to meet, and in the sixties of the last century, the heroine of "The Kiss of Victory", Greta Friedman, saw the photo, and then identified the woman in the photo through hairstyles, clothes, etc. as herself.
In 2005, 81-year-old Greta Friedman recalled the events of that year to the U.S. Veterans History Program, saying, "It's not that kind of kiss." It was more like an act of euphoria, and he didn't have to go back. He just hugged me tightly and I wasn't sure if it was a kiss or not, it was just people celebrating. ”
And through facial recognition technology and high-tech facial reconstruction and other technologies, the identity of the "Kiss of Victory" male and female protagonists, the female protagonist is Greta Fried, the male protagonist is George Mendoza, it is understood that George Mendoza served in the Pacific during World War II, is a SAILOR of the UNITED States Navy, on August 1945, the day of his home leave.
But despite the confirmation of the identities of the "Kiss of Victory" male and female protagonists, Greta Friedman and George Mendoza have not seen each other since that day in 1945, and their appearance only satisfies the curiosity of the viewer, in fact, the two have their own lives and families.
In September 2016, Leta Friedman died at the age of 92 in a hospital in Richmond and was buried with her husband, Misha Friedman, while George Mendoza fell ill in a nursing facility on February 17, 2019, and Died two days before his 96th birthday.
Of course, this photo is very noisy, and many people have pointed out that it is a "pose", and even many people say that the male and female protagonists in the photo are actually themselves, a person named Jim Renols declared that the sailors in the photo are themselves, and said that the "Kiss of Victory" photo century was taken in May 1945, all of which was carefully planned.
But after the photo was taken, there was no rush to publish it, and it was not released until the end of World War II, and no one thought that a special day gave it a special meaning, and no one cared whether it was a pose or not.