Jan Rose Kasmir

The iconic image of Kasmir, October 21, 1967

Jan Rose Kasmir (born in 1950) is a former American high-school student who became known due to an iconic anti-war photograph taken by French photographer Marc Riboud.[1] Kasmir was photographed on 21 October 1967 while taking part with several thousand anti-war activists who had marched to The Pentagon to protest against America’s involvement in Vietnam. Seventeen-year-old Kasmir was shown clasping a crysanthemum and gazing at bayonet-wielding soldiers. The photo was featured in the December 30, 1969 special edition of Look magazine under the title "The Ultimate Confrontation: The Flower and the Bayonet."[2] The photo was republished world-wide and became a symbol of the flower power movement. Smithsonian Magazine later called it "a gauzy juxtaposition of armed force and flower child innocence".[3]

A similar image taken the same day entitled Flower Power was created by Bernie Boston and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

In London in February 2003, Riboud again photographed Kasmir protesting against the Iraq War where she carried a poster-size copy of the 1967 photograph.[3]

Kasmir graduated in 1986 from the New York College of Health Professionals in Manhasset New York as a massage therapist, and worked in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina until 1991. She then moved to Aarhus, Denmark, with her Danish husband and their daughter.[3] She returned with her daughter to the United States in 2002, and resumed living on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[4]

In 2010 , Kasmir was invited by the Spanish organization Avalon Project Peace NGO to speak during activities for International Peace Day in Seville Spain.[4]

See also

Flower Power (photograph)

References

  1. ↑ 1967 Marc Riboud, Magnum Photos
  2. ↑ "Jan Rose Kasmir "The Ultimate Confrontation: The Flower and the Bayonet"". 60s Survivors. 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Curry, Andrew (April 2004). "Flower Child". Smithsonian Magazine 35 (1): 27.
  4. 1 2 Paprocki, Justin (October 23, 2010). "Activist celebrates peace day in Spain". The Island Packet. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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