| Photographers across America captured victory kisses on August 14, 1945, the day World War II came to an end. So why did one embrace become a universal symbol of jubilation - and perhaps the most reprinted image in LIFE's history? Having spied a sailor smooching his way through Times Square, Alfred Eisenstaedt followed until he found the perfect composition - a confluence of lines and curves that draws the eye into a vortex of pure joy.
 COMMENTARY:
Burrows describes the photograph's impact.
Burrows on Eisenstaedt's generation.
Burrows describes Eisenstaedt's sense of humor.
ALFRED EISENSTAEDT/LIFE MAGAZINE ©TIME, INC.
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