23 Jun 08
Evelyn McHale, jumped from top of Empire State Building - Manhattan, 1947; photo by Robert C. Wiles
“SHE was right on target. Soaring from a thousand feet up, she hit the bull’s-eye, landing on top of the roof of the car, her long legs demurely crossed. I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
Before I had bought into the romance of the Empire State building, I knew it from a 1947 photograph of a suicide reprinted in ‘The Best of Life.’ In the image of this sleeping beauty, I saw not only unrequited love but also the skyscraper’s sheer gravitational power.” - Max Page in The New York Times, April 23, 2006: “Crashing to Earth, Again and Again.”
wow…
I’ve seen this photo numerous times with no caption and wondered about it…