An icon is an image that refers to something outside of its individual elements, something or someone that has great symbolic meaning for society. Icons are often perceived as representing universal concepts, emotions and meanings. Iconic images are still recognisable, known not for their origin, era of production or the people who created them, but for their great symbolic and historical meaning. Iconic images play an important role in American history that has shaped our identity through controversy, cultural awareness, and historical events. A single image can trigger memories of a historical moment that the universe will cherish for a lifetime, like the “Time Square Kiss” photograph. The Times Square kiss was filmed with little-known information at first, so it's even more of a mystery today. For this reason, there is considerable controversy today about what is really happening in photography. Much can be said about The Times Square Kiss that it captured a moment in time. The photograph shows a couple, a sailor and a nurse passionately kissing in Times Square in New York. The photograph has become an iconic image frozen in American history because it represents the end of the war and a new beginning. Every nuance and line of the photograph will be analyzed, the time period in which the photograph was taken and how society sees itself through images will be discussed. In the case of the Times Square kiss, the photograph was taken with little-known information to begin with, so it's even more of a mystery today. For this reason, there is considerable controversy today about what is really happening in photography. At a glance, the photograph depicts a couple kissing in Time Square in New York. The young man wears a form... in the center of a sheet of paper... which represents love, hope, peace and the end of World War II. The photograph told the story proudly. My next interviewee was INSERT THEIR NAME. I stopped here because I don't know what this stuff is under the "Time Square Kiss", photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Eisenstaedt was a photographer for Life magazine, who went to Times Square after hearing that Japan had surrendered to the United States. Eisenstaedt wanted to capture the celebration of the end of the war in Time Square for Life magazine. He took several candid photographs that day, but only one photograph was published in Life magazine. The photograph depicted a US Navy sailor and a nurse passionately kissing in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II. The photograph of the U.S. Navy sailor and nurse meant aWorks CitedRose, Mrs. "The Kissing Sailor." Personal interview. April 18. 2014.