the statue of sailor kissing nurse is located at saint mary's square.
where is the statue of sailor kissing nurse?
saint mary's square
in 1936, after adolf hitler's rise to power, the family fled back to italy, where they then had to flee from benito mussolini's regime to bombay, india. in bombay they lived in the outram private hotel owned by his uncle, george azrilenko. in 1939, the family emigrated to united states, arriving to seattle from japan on the "hiye mare" and taking a train to new york. once in the u.s. his name was anglicized to jerry cooke. cecile kutschuk, who had studied photojournalism at the rhine university, emigrated to the united states in 1935, and started a photo agency in new york city called pix publishing. she gave jerry his first camera, a rolleiflex. cecile kutschuk put him to work in the pix darkroom, where he was assistant to photographers alfred eisenstaedt, george karger, and others. in 1945, on v-j day in times square, jerry cooke was with eisenstaedt when he photographed the iconic image of the nurse and sailor kissing.
jerry cooke (photographer)
in 2007/8, counts founded counts media, through which he raised financing to fully realize the conceptual blueprints for "yellow arrow" and two digital projects created, directed and designed for the blue man group - "mobkastr", one of the first entertainment applications of mobile technology (designed to accompany the north american tour of "how to be a megastar"); and "bill: the world’s first live and interactive video billboard" in las vegas. 2010 saw the launch of "the ride", a custom-designed tour bus whose seats were oriented to the side onto the sidewalks around times square equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system and dozens of synchronized video monitors. two live mcs played the roles of urban researchers as the vehicle followed a 4.2 mile route through mid-manhattan and live performers emerged amidst passers-by on the street including a ups delivery man suddenly launching into a breakdance, a ballet duet on columbus circle, a rapper improvising rhymes to passers-by on 42nd street, and a re-enactment of alfred eisenstaedt’s iconic photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in times square on v-j day.
michael counts