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Does a kiss in Paris echo a Times Square moment?

Each week we ask readers to send us their best travel picture for consideration as a Your Scene Editor’s Choice Travel photo of the week. This week we selected Gene Domingo’s picture of a couple kissing at the Eiffel Tower.

The photo has a timeless quality and is a bit breathtaking, an intimate moment set against the dizzying backdrop of Paris’ most famous tourist attraction.

Maybe it’s the fact that it’s in black and white, or that the moment captured is so surprising, but something about this photo reminds me of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous Life magazine image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day in 1945. But maybe a kiss is just a kiss the world over?

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– Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times staff writer

This entry was posted on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:30 am by Mary Forgione and is filed under East Coast, Europe, France, New York, News, Tips & Advice, Travel Photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

2 Comments on “Does a kiss in Paris echo a Times Square moment?”

Rental Cars in Paris Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Sight of the Iron Lady AKA the Eiffel Tower, never ceases to impress me !, I always seem to find unexplored angles or hidden parks with a lovely view of her !
model4hire! Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I know gene domingo he is one of the best photographers I know