2011 - A new legendary Kiss? Alfred Eisenstaedt vs. Rich Lam?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 4:16PM 
As the best images of 2011 do the rounds on the interwebs, I was looking at BuzzFeed's top 45 today. I couldn't help notice the similarities between Eisenstaedt's iconic 1945 VJ Day Times Square Kiss and Rich Lam's iconic shot from this year (2011) taken in Vancouver (Getty).
A similar sort of subject composition can be seen. Notice how the male takes the dominant upper left with the female taking lower right position visually (the same can be seen in classic Hollwood love film posters) and we can see some background detail but not too much. The image tone and sense of 'the moment' is similar, however the emotional intensity is far different due to the tone of the scene in 2011 and also the ominous riot cop, out of focus, in the foreground of Lam's 2011 shot.
The difference between eras is also potentially interesting from a social perspective.
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- Kevin