VJ Day In Times Square, Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
This is a famous picture of a sailor and a nurse celebrating the end of the Second World War. The photographer was looking for a moment that would capture the joy and relief that the people felt when the war was finally over. This was the moment that he felt most expressed the joy and the hope for a better tomorrow that the people all over the world were feeling. “People tell me that when I’m in heaven,” Eisenstaedt said, “they will remember this picture.”