On August 14, 1945, the streets and squares of New York City were filled with people celebrating their victory in World War II, and people were so emotional that strangers embraced and kissed each other. In Times Square, a sailor and a white nurse met each other, and they embraced and kissed each other. However, the two kissed just in time to be captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstadt. Eisenstadt captured in time, this moment became the cover photo of the United States "Life" magazine. This photo has been widely circulated, known as the "victory kiss".
Craftsmanship:
From this picture, the picture is four flat and stable, no aberration, it can be said with certainty that is not using a wide-angle lens, should be used with a standard 35mm ~ 50mm focal length of the lens; from the ratio of the content of the picture, the main body is the two masters of the Victory Kiss embracing each other and kissing, in the center of the picture, the accompanying body is the surrounding and behind the victory of the pedestrians celebrating the main body and accompanying the body of about half the difference between the two. The difference between the main body and the accompanying body is about half of the difference, indicating that the shooter is close to shoot, highlighting the main body, so the main body appears to be tall, accompanied by a relatively small one, but also produces a sense of spatial perspective; from the background of the clear point of view, the aperture is not set to a large aperture, estimated at 5.6 or so, the advantage of this aperture is that both can guarantee a certain amount of light throughput, but also take care of a certain depth of field, the victory is not the two occasional people should be belongs to all the cheering crowd, the use of this aperture value, the main body can be shot clearly, accompanied by the crowd can be seen clearly, the joy of victory through the oblivious to the kiss quickly passed to the face of everyone, overflowing with a victory of the joyful atmosphere, as a companion, the expression of everyone around the ease of a long-lost smile finally wiped out the haze of the war, which is all the result of the photographer's design in advance is a perfect combination of technical and This is the result of the photographer's pre-design, a perfect combination of technology and technique, which frames the eternal picture of "Victory Kiss".
Relevant impact of the history of photography:
The release of the picture of the "Victory Kiss" quickly had a positive impact around the world, and the fact that an ordinary picture can have such an effect shows the charm of documentary photography. I don't know at what stage documentary photography began to emerge, but I'm sure the emergence of the "Victory Kiss" should be a landmark event, and through the use of documentary techniques, the use of certain photographic skills, timely capture of the "Victory Kiss". Photographic techniques, timely capture the joy of victory, at the end of the Second World War, no doubt brought joyful encouragement, the role of a picture can be seen, and even on the entire history of photography has a profound and long-lasting impact.