Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049