Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Conrat again Kyle! Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Kyle Cassidy Enviado el: s?bado, 28 de julio de 2007 14:30 Para: lug@leica-users.org Asunto: [Leica] Washington Post Write Up The washington post mentioned the PAW in "The Power of Art" -- go LUG! (there does NOT seem to be an option in the outlook web client for "format in plain text" -- what gives mr. gates?) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602 064.html ARMED AMERICA Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes By Kyle Cassidy | Krause. 208 pp. $30 ________________________________ Several of the staff photographers at The Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/The+Washington+Post+Company ?tid=informline> are fans of a shooter (photographer, that is) named Kyle Cassidy. His photo-a-week blog, kylecassidy.com, has many comforting close-ups of sandwiches (mostly veggies on just-right toast) and of his cat, Roswell <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Roswell?tid=informline> . His gallery shows and fashion photos, on the other hand, revolve around levitating bodies, bloody-lipped goths and dominatrices. Now Cassidy has put out a coffee table book that combines in every image the ordinary and the bizarre, the comforting and the unnerving. Over the course of two years, he traveled 15,000 miles to take these pictures of shooters (gun owners, that is) in their homes. They pose with their Stoeger Condor 12-gauges, Mossberg 590s, Mini Uzi SMGs, Glock 26s and AK-47s. And also with their chef's tunics, teddy bears and silk flower arrangements. A lot seem to have cats. Cassidy asked each subject the same question: "Why do you own a gun?" Their answers are next to their pictures, without comment. The result is highly political, even polemical. The question is, in which direction? Each picture in Armed America could be a pro-gun advertisement -- or an anti-gun poster. That's what makes the book so riveting. -- Alan Cooperman _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information