Showing posts with label times square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label times square. Show all posts

Friday, August 22, 2014

Alfred Eisenstaedt's Famous Photograph Of The Times Square Kiss That Celebrated The End Of World War Two...

This image by Alfred Eisenstaedt of the sailor kissing the nurse in New York's Time Square is probably the most famous kiss photo ever taken.
Said to star US Navy sailor Glenn McDiffie and Nurse Edith Shain, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt just happened to be in the right place at the right time and managed to shoot four frames of the two kissing as they, with many thousands of others, euphorically celebrated
the end of the second world war
sixty nine years ago.
He's seen here signing the photo many years later at his holiday home at Martha's Vineyard.
Seizing the moment just recently, ninety year old Sydnor Thompson, with the ardor of a much younger self, kisses his wife Harriette
to re-enact the famous photo. 
Comedian Chico Marx, commenting on Alfred's iconic image said the sailor wasn't kissing the nurse, he was whispering in her mouth...





Saturday, December 1, 2012

A Simple Random Act Of Kindness By A New York Cop Becomes An Extraordinary Event...

I have a pair of boots for you.
They're all weather. Let's put them on and take care of you.

Jennifer Foster from Arizona just happened to be in New York's Time Square and with her mobile phone captured a shot of NYPD cop Larry De Primo engaged in a simple, random act of kindness and generosity of spirit.
We're used to seeing police involved in brutal situations brandishing batons and pointing guns.
We as the public of the world, need to see this sort of kindness but not see it as an extraordinary event.
Let's make it a common event.
Most of humanity is engaged in their own lives of desperation but we're all capable of small and random acts of kindness.
Thanks Jennifer Foster and thank you Larry De Primo for making a difference.
Maybe the world can be a better place...

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