Victor Jorgensen
Victor Jorgensen | |
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Lt. Victor Jorgensen relaxing in his quarters aboard the USS Lexington, ca. 1943 | |
| Born | Victor Hugo Jorgensen July 8, 1913 |
| Died | June 14, 1994 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | photo journalist |
| Known for | taking photograph of nurse Greta Zimmer Friedman being kissed by Navy Sailor George Mendonsa on August 14, 1945 published in The New York Times |
Victor Jorgensen (July 8, 1913 – June 14, 1994) was a former Navy photo journalist who probably is most notable for taking an instantly iconic photograph of an impromptu scene in Manhattan on August 14, 1945, but from a different angle and in a less dramatic exposure than that of a photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Both photographs were of the same V-J Day embrace of a woman in a white dress by a sailor. Eisenstaedt's better known photograph, V-J Day in Times Square, was published in Life.
On the day after the images were taken by the two photographers, the one taken by Jorgensen was published in The New York Times. His photograph, which was taken while he was on duty, is retained in the National Archives and Records Administration.