Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/09

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Subject: [Leica] Armed America
From: jmaddox01 at suddenlink.net (Jack Maddox)
Date: Thu Aug 9 19:04:17 2007
References: <080920072050.21365.46BB7DFE000CC1AC00005375219792474103010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <20070809161917.B89461@dragonsgate2.imagecraft.com> <20070809164427.J89893@dragonsgate2.imagecraft.com> <B1AEB040-5E5C-4F48-989D-6A31FC2320CD@cox.net> <46BBBB64.3060506@mcclary.net>

I have been reading this thread and not commenting because I would just 
be repeating what has been said over and over. Then I realized there is 
something else going on in relation to Kyle's book. It is a wonderful 
book with.excellent photographs well thought out design and  nicely 
made.But there is more to it than this. It has made people think. Made 
people speak out and not just  solely in America.. In this day and age 
it is hard to get peoples interest. We are jaded. We don,t have the 
time. Let someone else do it for us. But Kyle has struck a nerve. The 
media knows it. It.s turning up everywhere. I hope Kyle sells a million 
copies. He has earned it just by peaking peoples interest in a 
worthwhile subject because of his photography. I say way to go Kyle.

Jack

Harrison McClary wrote:
> I don't think it needs interpreting.  Kyle put together a fine set of 
> photos on a selected subject.  He compiled a good book and showed once 
> again he knows his way around a camera and has the ability to create 
> thought provoking imagery.
>
> To do what he did he'd have to have the willing cooperation of his 
> subjects, and not everyone wants to be photographed, with guns or not.
> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>> The only aspect that in fact gives me pause in that the subjects were 
>> all self selected...
>> it appears that they all wanted to be posed and photographed in their 
>> homes, with their guns...
>>
>> I am not sure how to interpret that...
>
>

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