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Subject: [Leica] Armed America Documentary Video up on YouTube
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Jul 14 08:37:25 2007
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Very well made little road movie. Who filmed it?
Always great to hear the voice that goes with the face, too.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 11-jul-07, om 20:33 heeft Kyle Cassidy het volgende geschreven:

> 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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