"World War II 'Kissing Sailor' dies aged 86" Topic

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Tango01	16 Mar 2014 10:19 p.m. PST
" A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died aged 86. Glenn McDuffie passed away on March 9 in a nursing home in Dallas, his daughter, Glenda Bell, told The Associated Press. A mail carrier and semi-professional baseball player after he returned from World War II, McDuffie's life became more exciting about six years ago when Houston Police Department forensic artist Lois Gibson was able to identify him as the young man leaning over the woman in his arms to kiss her…" Full article here. link Amicalement Armand
Doug em4miniatures	17 Mar 2014 4:38 a.m. PST
Do try to keep up, old boy…. : TMP link Doug
20thmaine	17 Mar 2014 7:08 a.m. PST
I'm sure I read somewhere that it was staged, rather than being the spontaneous moment it is claimed to be. Still an iconic photograph though.
Dr Mathias	17 Mar 2014 1:21 p.m. PST
I don't think a photographer with any training would accept that wrist in front of the girl's face- if he had a chance to take the shot twice at any rate. It's very awkward looking. Then again maybe she didn't want her face shown. Who knows. It sure looks spontaneous to me. Dorothea Lange's famous 'Migrant Mother' was selected from a bunch of shots. The famous photo of a Spanish Civil War soldier falling after being shot has attracted a lot of controversy about being staged as well. All iconic photographs to be sure. Crazy to think all those years passing without knowing who the sailor was!

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