Unconditional Surrender - Sarasota
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N 27° 20.113 W 082° 32.811
17R E 346975 N 3024513
Aluminum sculpture located at the Bayfront in Sarasota, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM7ZBZ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2009
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This twenty five foot tall painted aluminum statue by artist Seward Johnson, 2005 has an interesting and controversial history. If the memorial of this young sailor and nurse looks familiar to you then you have probably seen the famous picture taken in Aug 14, 1945 at Times Square, NYC. when WWII ended. Seward Johnson states "I did not use the Eisenstaedt photo to do this piece,” Time Life which owns the copyright says otherwise but was willing to sell for a fee, the image use. There are actually two famous images of this scene! One taken by Eisenstaedt and another taken by Victor Jorgensen both capture the same moment in history at different angles. Jorgensen's image is now in the National Archives. This is the one Johnson says he was inspired by. The matter is still not resolved. Due to this controversy the statue was moved to San Diego, California in 2006. With the help of local citizens and a cry for its return, in 2008 it was moved back to Sarasota and will be its home for at least the next 10 years due to an agreement with the city.
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