V.J. Day Times Square

A Lego recreation of Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 photograph "V.J. Day Times Square".

Original here .. www.gallerym.com/work.cfm?ID=1051

Setup shot here ... www.flickr.com/photos/balakovsetup/2321704830/

I'm not sure Lego make any real sailor minifigs, the best I could managed was this airline pilot. The girl is a nurse minifig :)

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Lillput says:

Just made my day!

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Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

gumbyliberation says:

love it!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

sjd52878 says:

That is a great photo I love it.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Flavio Demarchi says:

Haha! Great!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

pfong says:

This is charming. Just a couple of thoughts:

1. In the original the right leg of the nurse is outflung which is the opposite of what you have done with outfleng left leg of the lego.

2. I might try getting the figures in the background in focus as well as that's the way they appear in the original.

Great work.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Dunechaser says:

pfong may be right, but the photo is instantly recognizable. Valid critiques aside, this is great work.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Balakov says:

@pfong : Thanks for the comments. I had terrible difficulty in posing the figures, Lego figures really don't want to embrace! I actually removed the girl's right arm so I could get them a bit closer. The pose that they're in was the best compromise of composition and "not falling over" :)

As for the lack of DOF, it looked a bit cluttered when I increased it. The focal length I used was mildly telephoto and squished everything in too close. All the figures appeared approximately the same size and It was just a bit messy. Maybe one day I'll get that 35mm Macro I've been looking at :)

Thanks for the critique.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

dbol39 says:

Great work. And as a Lego fan, the first thing I thought after "that's awesome!" was "wait...where's her right arm?" Thanks for clearing that detail up!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

pfong says:

Balakov,

I'm not qualified to critique your excellent work :-)
Just some thoughts on what I might try.

I wonder whether you could "cheat" to get the leg right leg outflung by using blu-tak to anchor her torso to the sailor.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

out of ideas says:

The original has always been a favorite of mine. Your version is fantastic.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Cami en polvo .- says:

i love it ♥
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

caryelizabeth says:

made me smile
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

murrayjgwardrop says:

I love all your Lego stuff but this is a real standout.

I'd really like to write a story about your work (I'm a journalist).

Could you drop me an email at:

murrayjgwardrop@hotmail.com

Cheers
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Meade says:

Magical, I wish I had thought of this!!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Mary Jane 2040 says:

I saw your work in the online Guardian today, I was having a terrible day, it's made it so much happier.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Délicate&Saine says:

great, the new Eisenstaedt is on Flickr ;)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mayam [deleted] says:

made me smile :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnaBanana9 says:

I just wanted to say how much I enjoy these images. I love still life photography, and this is inspiring! Thank you for making us smile.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Adri Brier says:

Outstanding work!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Ulissa says:

the original is one of my fav.photos ever. recreation of it I love not less.

thank you for your work.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

PSeangsong says:

the Lego star wars is over yippeee!!! :-D
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

EfrankE says:

This is awesome!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

phil1983 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ultimate Tribute Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

johnny_no_hair says:

I like this a lot, very creative. Directing lego people is never going to be easy, despite the problems with positioning etc. they are a wilfull bunch.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Bruna Amorim says:

I loved it!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

kirkas81 says:

yeah! crazy!!!!!!!!!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris, says:

Great idea.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Tharsis says:

espectacular :)
tengo esta lámina y me encanta
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

neoben says:

INCREDIBLE Idea.... AWESOME job !!!!!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Luci Both ღ says:

I saw this picture in a newspaper in Brasil today... I love it!!!
So I come here to see more....
The link: zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/zerohora/jsp/default2 .jsp?uf=1&am...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

rupertrm says:

Cute!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

cyrumüller says:

fantastic work... love it. This goes on my wall! attribution to you of course.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

my_left_nut08 says:

What set is that soldier from? could you email me the info? my_left_nut08@yahoo.com

Thanks,

White Guy
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

oldbearchris says:

My favourite!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

graciesusie says:

Your recreations are priceless!!! All of them beautifully done!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Ibeltje says:

Your lego-work is great! Love it!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

captainkickstand says:

Awesome shots. Thanks for posting the setup shots, too; I've been practicing some closeup work and it's really helpful to see what works.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

paullu says:

As soon as I saw this set I thought "Bet it has the VJ Day pic in it" :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

B.M.D [deleted] says:

Aw so cute
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Lindsaymp says:

This is outstanding!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Nathalia Carvalho says:

*--* so cute.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

jelltecks says:

Just wonderful.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

leonalighthouse says:

just wonderful
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

thismagicmoment says:

this is better than unicorns! it's very romantic – amputated limbs and all :)
the one thing i'm missing from the original shot is the streamers falling through the air... it's possible i'm making that up, but i seem to remember so clearly how they captured the dream-ike jubilation of the moment. i have no idea how you could recreate something like that, but i imagine it would be quite difficult.
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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