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''V-J Day in Times Square'' (also ''V-Day'', and ''The Kiss''〔''V-J Day in Times Square'' in ''The Photo Book'' (London: Phaidon, 2000; ISBN 0-7148-3937-X), p.134. ''V-Day'' in ''Twentieth Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne'' (Cologne: Taschen, 2005; ISBN 3-8228-4083-1), pp. 148–9.〕 ) is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays an American sailor kissing a woman in a white dress on Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) in Times Square in New York City, on August 14, 1945. The photograph was published a week later in ''Life'' magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the United States that were presented in a twelve-page section titled ''Victory Celebrations''.〔''V-J Day, 1945: A Nation Lets Loose. Life Magazine. ().〕 A two-page spread faces three other kissing poses among celebrators in Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Miami opposite Eisenstaedt's, which was given a full-page display. Kissing was a favorite pose encouraged by media photographers of service personnel during the war, but Eisenstaedt was photographing a spontaneous event that occurred in Times Square as the announcement of the end of the war on Japan was made by U.S. President Harry S. Truman at seven o'clock. Similar jubilation spread quickly with the news. Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the celebrations he did not have an opportunity to get the names and details. The photograph does not clearly show the face of either person involved and several people have claimed to be the subjects. The photograph was shot just south of 45th Street looking north from a location where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge. Soon afterward, throngs of people crowded into the square and it became a sea of people. The photograph was taken at 5:51 p.m. ET, according to Donald W. Olson and his team.〔(Mystery clouds Times Square kiss for 70 years )〕 It was taken with a Leica IIIa.〔"(V-J Day, 1945: A Nation Lets Loose )" ''Life.'' .〕 A 2015 event at Times Square marked the 70th anniversary of the event.〔(Couples gather in Times Square to re-enact iconic V-J Day kiss )〕〔"(70 år siden andre verdenskrig – gjenskapte ikonisk kyssebilde )", NRK.〕 ==Accounts by Alfred Eisenstaedt== In two different books he wrote, Alfred Eisenstaedt gave two slightly different accounts of taking the photograph and of its nature. From ''Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt'': From ''The Eye of Eisenstaedt'': It became a cultural icon overnight and by establishing his copyright, Eisenstaedt carefully controlled the rights to it, only allowing a limited number of reproductions which determined how it could be used. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「V-J Day in Times Square」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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