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Subject: [Leica] Friday Firearms
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:16:57 -0500
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Thank you for the kind words Douglas.

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Well Leo, even though I'm not a fan of firearms, the US's bizarre gun
> culture, and am disturbed that so many innocents live with the likelihood
> that some loon with a grudge will open up at random while they are shopping
> or at school, I have to say that is a bang-on image, and really grabbed me.
>
> It has tremendous impact and the conflict - to me in Ireland - of seeing a
> gun being aimed in what appears to be a suburban home by one of the
> "gentler" sex while ordinary life goes on in the background, and, of
> course, the eye of the half faced man just makes this one of the best
> images on the LUG that I have seen.
>
> That back story of medical fundraising makes it even better!
>
> Douglas
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Friday Firearms
>
>
>
> Well Douglas,
>>
>> It's photographed at a fundraiser for a children's medical support agency
>> where they auction off guns and hunting trips to raise money.
>>
>> It's a Texas thing.
>>
>> Leo Wesson
>> leowesson.com
>>
>> On Oct 30, 2015, at 07:05, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>
>>> That is one great and enigmatic shot, Leo. Give us the context.
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>> ps She's not from the Smith side of the family perchance? :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
>>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:30 AM
>>> Subject: [Leica] Friday Firearms
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Aim.
>>>>
>>>> http://leowesson.com/new/?p=66
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for looking!
>>>>
>>>> Leo Wesson
>>>> Photographer/Videographer
>>>> 817.733.9157
>>>> www.leowesson.com
>>>>
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