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A billboard artist rendering the famous "V-J Day" photo that appeared in Life Magazine at the end of World War II. Seen from the High Line park.
The caption reads "She decides to die in spite of Doctor Bottles." It's from a collection entitled "A Widow And Her Friends" from 1900. This pieces was given to me by Maury Wilkinson, and then I framed it. It appeared in Life Magazine, and was drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The series is commonly referred to as "Gibson Girls"
See the companion piece at: flickr.com/photos/darsys/2790121456/
Published: 1959 Author: E. M. Belknap; Publisher: New York; Crown Publishers; Hardback. Fifth printing. 338pp. Filled with over 440 b/w photographs. An almost entirely photographic guide to Milk Glass.
I got a little closer to shoot this image of the two mannequins. It doesn't so much re-create the V-J Day image in Times Square as it suggests a sailor returning to his ship and saying goodbye to the nurse he met on shore leave. Perhaps any music playing can be the song "Give Me Something To Remember You By."
Photo of a beaming Brigadier General Manuel Roxas with an unidentified lady to his left. Other military officers can be seen in the background.
(Photo courtesy of LIFE Magazine.)
A digital (*shudder*) attempt at the ole RGB. Again, I used cellophane as filters... which is certainly more effective than the stained glass, printed celluloid and mint containers I tried before.