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Unconditional Surrender, aka Kissing Couple Statue, by William Salisbury, USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
I really did feel my hair stand on end when I saw this. It was unexpected, and unassuming in a simple display case next to exhibits on the firebombing of Tokyo.
The text reads as follows:
We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the
Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,
hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads
of the Governments of the United States, China and Great Britain on 26
July 1945, at Polsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied
Powers.
We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied
Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all
Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control
wherever situated.
We hereby command all Japanese forces, wherever situated and
the Japanese people to cease hostilities forthwith, to preserve and save
from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property and to
comply with all requirements which may be imposed by the Supreme
Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese
Government at his direction.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
to issue at once orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces
and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender
unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control.
We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to
obey and enforce all proclamations, orders and directives deemed
by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to
effectutate this surrender and issued by him or under his authority
and we direct all such official to remain at their posts and to
continue to perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically
relieved by him or under his authority.
We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese
Government and their successors to carry out the provisions of the
Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders
and take whatever action may be required by the Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that Declaration.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and
the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all
allied prisoners of war and civilian internees now under Japanese
control and to provide for their protections, care, maintenance and
immediate transportation to places as directed.
The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to
rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers who will take such steps and he deems proper to
effectuate these terms of surrender.
Signed at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 0904 on the Second day of September, 1945.
The document is housed at Edo-Tokyo Museum which is well worth a visit.
The highlights of the museum for me were the recreation of Hokusai's studio and the ingenious way in which water was transported around Edo. The life-size reconstruction of buildings were also fascinating. Seeing the document above was chilling, but also gave me a weird feeling of a connection with that moment. Just as I felt seeing Lincoln's death mask in Washington. Reading about history is one thing, standing there looking at it is something else entirely.
This program is available at fire stations, police stations and hospitals in California. Any mother, or father, can drop of their newborn baby, if they can not handle the baby, for whatever reason, in the first 72 hours, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!! It is rarely used. Too many newborn babies are found in plastic bags, killed and abandoned by their teenage mother's, for the most part. It breaks my heart. There are little graveyards in many California counties now for these babies. Please, if you know anyone in danger, tell them about this program. SAFE SURRENDER.
Yes, I know sometimes I can get a little political. We are all entitled to our points of view. You do not have to share mine. It's OK. You can chose to read, or not. Comment, or not.
Happy Friday! Here’s another one from San Diego. The statue by Seward Johnson is apparently one of a series of three (I think this is the largest, though) and is based on the iconic photo (or photos depending on who you ask) taken back in 1945.
Over the weekend of 2nd-4th June 2012, the East Lancs Railway hosted the latest in their annual War Weekends. Many people attend in 1940s clothing, there are several battle re-enactments, steam trains running, vintage goods stalls, 1940s-themed catering, war era vehicles and much more. Do please feel free to view any other pictures in the set. These are the photos of the people, stations and mainly the battle at Rawtenstall/Regensburg (!) that I've had a little play round with in post processing to try to get different effects. Some I like, some, I'm not sure about, butu I enjoyed having a go.
Unconditional Surrender is a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson based on the Life magazine photo of a sailor kissing a nurse at the end of World War II. This small version of his work is currently part of the "Crossing Paths" exhibition on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville Florida. A larger version is permanently displayed along the bayfront in Sarasota Florida.
Every year on the anniversary marking the end of World War II, the Times Square Alliance invites couples (though strangers would be more appropriate) to come make out in the same spot this nameless couple did just 62 years ago.
"Couples of all ages and from all walks of life were invited to meet in front of the sculpture “Unconditional Surrender”, which was created by acclaimed artist Seward Johnson, memorializing a famous photo snapped by Lieutenant Victor Jorgenson and evoking the iconic LIFE magazine cover photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.", reported the Alliance website.
Kissers were handed out a sailor cap, roses and... breath mints!
For more, much better pictures, visit the Times Square Alliance website.
For clues that reveal who might have been the passionate nurse and sailor of the picture, read Sewell Chan's article "When a Kiss Isn’t Just a Kiss" in The New New York Times.
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La famosa estatua, vista desde la cubierta del USS Midway.
El martes estuve paseando por allí y le hice todo un book a la parejita (cuando me dejaban los japos xDD) con la Réflex, pero como no sé cuándo (o si :P) subiré las fotos de la Réflex, aquí dejo esta.
No sé qué tiene la escena, desde que la vi en las fotos de Salva del año pasado (coincidió además que recientemente alguien había compartido en GReader la foto original), que me mola. La foto original mola más, además la historia es curiosa, y sucede en un Times Square sorprendentemente "vacío".
Detrás de los árboles de la derecha hay otra escena curiosa, con la estatua de un locutor de radio (Bob Hope), y de un conjunto de gente "escuchándole". Y tienen unos altavoces por los que vas escuchando los discursos de Bob Hope.
This time the South prevailed. Chances are that the upcoming battle later that afternoon between the same troops might have a different choreographed ending.
if things get any more synchronistic, i think i will shit myself. this piece of paper
this paper i find in the freakin bathroom of this freakin bbq joint. while eating with guys from arizona who traveled across the country to take a freakin class from me. i find heart shaped rocks with a front end loader, 12 ft under the ground. i find messages on bottle caps that say " give peace a chance" the waitress that tells me to check out this band called the "mother truckers", looks like my wife, i stand with tears in my eyes, pissing in the trough looking at the recognition of years of hard work. what does this all mean? and why did this find me in the pisser? why do i find myself here right now? i surrender.
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Trying to relax and get things organized before the chaos of the construction being done on the house starts.
***grrr why did flickr make this all grainy :(
Series of 3 sculptures inspired by veiled marble statues by 18th century artists such as Giuseppe Sanmartino. These mixed media sculptures are being displayed in the Hitogata Ten art exhibition at Marunouchi, Tokyo 12th to 18th of October 2022.
Melancholy - veiled bust, 2022.
Sorrow - veiled figure form curled up on a pedestal, 2022.
Surrender - Standing figure with windswept garments, 2022.
There is a waiting list for the exhibition artworks that might be available for sale after the exhibition. Email me with "waiting list" as topic to get a chance to buy them after 19th.
The art gallery just posted photos from the Hitogata Ten exhibition where my artworks are being displayed at the moment!
See the awesome work of all the artists :
I think my daughter has a good chance of taking on the role of Dorothy at some point in this life. Halloween, 2010. What kind of amazes me is that when I'm taking pictures of her, she actually poses just like this for me. I really don't need to tell her anything...
t:28th August 2005 p:Brighton, UK p:Bharatii, Moksadevii c:Panasonic DMC-FZ10
From the 'Bright On' set.
Unconditional Surrender is a series of sculptures by Seward Johnson resembling a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, V–J day in Times Square, but said by Johnson to be based on a similar, less well known, photograph by Victor Jorgensen. The original statue was first installed in Sarasota, Florida, then was moved to San Diego, California and New York City. Copies have been installed in Hamilton, New Jersey; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Normandy, France.