V-J DAY + 66 YEARS (Greensboro AL)
This image is rich with photographic history.
This store-window pairing recalls Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 image from Times Square in New York. A US sailor, celebrating the end of World War II in the Pacific, has grabbed a young nurse for a kiss.
Here, the intervening years have taken their toll, and they're merely dancing. She wants another smooch--but he's looking the other way.
Their rubber masks recall the distinctive work of photographer Gene Meatyard.
And, captured in reflection, is the main street of Greensboro AL, the seat of Hale County. This street was photographed in the 1930s by Walker Evans. His iconic sharecropper images were made not far away.