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Subject: [Leica] Armed America Documentary Video up on YouTube
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Wed Jul 11 14:24:41 2007
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I ordered my copy a few days ago.  When your in NYC next we should have a 
book signing event...with beer, and some of that single malt stuff everyone 
is always digressing about.
Chris

At 02:33 PM 7/11/2007, you wrote:
>For the last two weeks of the road-trip videographer Cora Benesh went
>along with Phil and I and produced this 6.5 minute documentary on the
>making of the book -- please feel free to forward it to people you think
>may be interested in seeing it. You can also check out my Leica d200 in
>here!
>
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOAJgtHSo8E
>
>
>
>My publisher says:
>
>In 2004 after a fractious election in which the gun argument played a
>significant part, photo-journalist Kyle Cassidy hit the road to learn
>why so
>many people owned so many guns. His search for answers took him
>on a journey that extended over two years and 15,000 miles. Ultimately,
>more
>than a hundred gun owners opened their doors and their lives to him,
>answering
>the single question he asked: "why do you own a gun?".  The result is a
>collection of striking and thought provoking photographs:  ARMED
>AMERICA:
>Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes (Krause Publications; August
>2007;
>Hardcover).
>
>Few issues generate as much debate as firearms. Without taking a pro or
>con
>stance, ARMED AMERICA shows the faces of American gun owners and gives
>voice to
>each individual "why"...without ancillary comment, editorializing, or
>judgment.
>These "everyman" portraits reveal people
>from different backgrounds, living in various locations, with one common
>connection.
>
>
>Keep turning knobs on that Hasselblad, one of them probably winds it,
>
>Kc
>
>
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