Our own V-J Day.

As photographers steadied their cameras on August 14 to capture Edith Shain and Carl Muscarello in a reenactment of their famous Times Square kiss on V-J Day in 1945, Tim Tompkins grabbed his boyfriend, Nathan, and pulled him in for a smooch. Now at least one of the images captured that day, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photo (right) taken at the end of World War II, has become a "past meets present" icon all its own.

"You never know how the pictures are going to be cropped, but one of the advantages of organizing the event is you can be closer to the center than other people might be," said Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, which organized the kiss-in.

Shortly before the event, which included the unveiling of a commemorative statue, Tompkins sent e-mails to several gay groups soliciting same-sex couples to show up and kiss. Tompkins, whose group also organizes the Times Square New Year's party, said the kiss-in has now become an annual event. "Hopefully, as the years go on, more people will enjoy the kiss-in," he said.