Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 27, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > steve again sagely posited: > >> further Kyle, how about those people who like them, want them, and >> care > about them... >> use them for good, or for bad, or don't use them at all....but don't > want to advertise these >> facts with photos, especially sitting in their living rooms... ? > > i'm not so much worried about that group, you'd find that anywhere -- > soccer families who don't want their picture taken, cancer > survivors who > don't want their picture taken, etc. most of them are probably well > enough represented in the demographic that is already being > photographed. but what is definately getting cut off are the very top > and the very bottom, the people you've already mentioned, who are > ambivilant about their guns and don't really care to be > photographed and > the people at the extreme OTHER end of the spectrum who think i am: your photos are interesting, compelling, and beautifully done Kyle.... what is troubling is the highly (Kyle and self) selected and then posed nature of them, that inevitably presents a picture of people who are willing to, and given an opportunity to, make some point...whatever that point may be... I am not sure that their real point is even about guns... it's troubling as... they may be just as willing to be photographed in their home with a baseball glove, a cuisinart, or their penis in their hand... it may be a point about self selected people who want five minutes of fame or notoriety... Steve > > a) a terrorist surveying america for the best place to launch an > attack (i kid you not) > > b) an agent of the ATF trying to create a list of gun owners, where > they live, and what guns they have > > c) in the employ of sarah brady > > all of which i've run into. the scariest was the guy who thinks i'm a > terrorist. he kept threatening to call the FBI and i actually wouldn't > be suprised if they show up at my door. he was so adamant that the > only > reason i could possibly be doing this was trying to find weak, > unarmed, > areas of america ripe for invasion. > > i am really concerned about at this point is the difficulty i've > had in > convincing african americans to participate. as a group, african > americans do represent a smaller percentage of gun owners, but > certianly > not to the extent that my portfolio now suggests. there's a pervasive > fear among middle class african american gun owners i've met that > either > intentionally or not, they'll be portrayed as thugs. it's a whole > 'nother layer of this onion to contend with. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information