V–J day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in
Life in 1945 with the caption,
In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers. Unconditional Surrender by J. Seward Johnson often compared to the photograph
V–J day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt.