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Subject: [Leica] Armed America Documentary Video up on YouTube
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Wed Jul 11 16:16:24 2007
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Kyle,

Thanks for posting this, I love watching shooters shoot!  I see that you are
using alien bees, how appropriate!


Leo



On 7/11/07, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> 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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-- 
Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157

In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Armed America Documentary Video up on YouTube)