My Eisenstaedt on VJ Day
PhotographerPhotographed by
Dr. Leonard Hellerman
American, born 1929
Date1945 August 15
MediumPhotography; digital inkjet print on Epson Cold Press Bright textured matte paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 17 × 22in. (43.2 × 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Leonard Hellerman
DescriptionBlack and white print photograph by Leonard Hellerman taken on V-J Day of Main Street at the corner of Asylum in Hartford. A man in a sailor's uniform is kissing a woman. They are surrounded by a crowd of people.
Object number2025.27.2
CopyrightIn Copyright, Copyright held by Leonard Hellerman
NotesArtist Statement: As a sixteen year old junior in high school I ventured to downtown Hartford, on V-J Day, August 14, 1945, with my Ihagg, 9x12 centimeter camera and a Kalart flash gun attached and captured some iconic images of the jubilant crowds. I took them to the corner of Main and Asylum Streets. One of them is very similar to Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous image of a sailor kissing a dental assistant in Times Square. These images are in the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art, the William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut, the Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library, and the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, in Hartford.On View
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