Sailor Kissing Nurse Kids T-Shirts

This iconic statue is a 25-foot monument situated next to the Memorial to Bob Hope And The Military just south of Seaport Village in San Diego. The sculpture is a three-dimensional interpretation of the famous World War II photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York on August 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day. The original statue was first installed in Sarasota, Florida, then was moved to San Diego, California and New York City. Other versions have been installed in Hamilton, New Jersey; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Normandy, France. All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety of Canon L-Series lenses, and Tamron and Sigma pro-line lenses; proce...

A close-up version of the iconic "Unconditional Surrender" statue. This iconic statue is a 25-foot monument situated next to the Memorial to Bob Hope And The Military just south of Seaport Village in San Diego. The sculpture is a three-dimensional interpretation of the famous World War II photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York on August 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day. The original statue was first installed in Sarasota, Florida, then was moved to San Diego, California and New York City. Other versions have been installed in Hamilton, New Jersey; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Normandy, France. All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety o...

The famous sailor kiss from life magazine with a new spin

This is a larger-than-life sculpture (by Seward Johnson) depicting the iconic 1945 image of a sailor planting a kiss on a nurse. In 1945, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured a uniformed sailor holding a nurse in his arms in New York’s Times Square on the day most Americans learned of the Japanese surrender in World War II, known as V-J Day. This sculpture is called “Embracing Peace,”. It is a 25-foot, 15,000-pound piece, and was installed by crews outside the Custom House Museum in advance of a year-long exhibit celebrating the centennial of the Navy’s aviation presence on the island. The iconic sculpture is situated immediately in front of the Museum of Art and History in the heart of Key West. All images are taken with ...