Unconditional Surrender in San Diego. A 25-foot, 6,000 pound sculpture by artist J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo as seen below.
The original photo was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt titled "The Kiss", of a Sailor kissing a nurse in Time Square, New York City on Aug 14 1945.
nice kiss..
ReplyDeleteawesome capture. I'v always loved that photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece of sculpture.
ReplyDeletethanks for that adorable pic of the sculpture!
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I love that picture!!!What a great kiss!!!
ReplyDeleteWow now those are some long legs. if anything they are both bent over even further in the picture why he's got her flat on her back while standing up.
ReplyDeleteHa, nice. But it would have been more interesting with a twist.
ReplyDelete25'...really.
ReplyDeleteinteresting..lol
How cool! I'm glad to know the title of this photo finally - my DH has no idea about this photo - I thought everyone knew! Now I can bring him to this post. :) Happy WW!
ReplyDeleteaw, this is such a beautiful statue! totally romantic.
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I know this the kiss. It appeared in the Night at the museum 2. :D
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be one of my favorite statues whenever I visit San Diego. I'm glad you got to see it firsthand too.
ReplyDeleteI love both the photo and the sculpture! What a sweet image.
ReplyDeletei always wondered if their romance lived long as this famous kissing posture.
ReplyDeleteThe scuplture looks so realistic.
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting. At first I thought the 1st pix was a real thing!
ReplyDeleteI had heard someone had did a sculpture on the photo, but I did not know it was done in color! 25 feet tall! wow!
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G' Day From Australia, Fantastic kiss to start the world on a new journey after the war.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful statue.
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Great capture. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a passionate kiss. Great shot!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! i have never seen this before i am glad you included the original picture to explain about the sculpture :-)
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Oh baby one last kiss..haha.
ReplyDeleteThat original photo meant so much to people of my parents' generation. Nice to know someone has captured the photo in a sculpture. And now you've captured the sculpture of the photo in a photo!
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A classic photo; never seen the statue before, didn't even know there was one. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteWow I love this picture, what a stunning piece of sculpture it's timeless.
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Very nice this kiss!Happy WW!
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That was an amazing photo and an amazing sculpture! Great shot!
ReplyDeletethat is so cool...thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I didn't know that this sculpture existed. I wonder what Eisenstadt would think of it!
ReplyDeleteWow - 25 foot tall. Cool! I love the depiction of this side of the war.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the history lesson. Takes me back to the navy sub days when hubs would port after a long time away. Happy WW!
ReplyDeleteWow! Nice sculpture!
ReplyDeletevery cool!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of that British show, 'As Time Goes By'.
ReplyDeleteIt's so sweet.
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Awesome capture with an equally awesome caption, LOVE it! :)
ReplyDeleteSo romantic and oh so cool, thanks for sharing LR! :D
ReplyDeleteHave a Terrific Thursday, hugs!
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ReplyDeleteLife where we live it. Thanks for these.
ReplyDeleteohh i love this sculpture LR!!
ReplyDeletehappy WW dearie! ;)
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet moment..... :)
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ReplyDeleteGlad to discover your blog and get a glimpse of your part of the world. Nice pictures!
Greetings from Norway
reminds me of pearl harbor
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