Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 18, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Hi, Peter - > > The gun was loaded. It is one that has a laser to point where the bullet > will go and they kept pointing the laser at different people, jokingly. I > will not show this photo to the relatives. They are all extreme right-wing > conservatives who are convinced that Obama is coming to get their guns, so > the guns are not registered. All of the men have a dozen or more guns. > The women who live alone have guns by their beds. None of them use > computers so there is no danger that they will ever see the photo. gives me chills should be called guns and buns Steve > > Thanks, > > Tina > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> > wrote: > >> Tina: Pardon the pun, but this photo is loaded. I hope the gun isn't. >> And even if it isn't, anyone who knows anything about firearms safety >> would know that you *never* hand someone a gun by pointing it at them! >> >> What I find most chilling about the photo is the casualness of it. The >> MM's tonality makes it too beautiful, which also creeps me out. Also, you >> have light hair in the background and the dark arms and darker pistol, >> which to me creates a little "subliminable" editorializing. :-) As does >> the woman's single eye at the left (which also compositionally balances >> the >> single spectacle lens at right). And then you've got the jar of homemade >> jam on the table just under the gun. And also, the gun looks like >> something >> that a female spy might use, or the femme fatale in a detective story. >> >> Now, OTOH, I've lived in Kentucky and Eastern Washington, and spent time >> in rural Idaho and Montana. I've known people who would find this a very >> ordinary scene. Or maybe even touching--the man got a purse-totable >> pistol >> suitable for the little woman, good for "protection." Or maybe one of them >> is a dedicated collector who likes fine mechanical pistols the way we like >> fine mechanical Leicas. >> >> I remember the all-over-the-map reactions to Kyles "Armed America" book. I >> suspect you'll get a microcosm of that with this photo. >> >> All in all, a picture full of very rich juxtaposition of hot-button >> archetypes, and they're going to mean very different things to different >> people. I'd be very curious if you'll show this to your relatives, how >> they react if you do. >> >> --Peter >> >> >> >>> Family reunion of Tea-Party members in Alabama: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/**152934358<http://www.pbase.com/image/152934358> >>> >>> C&C greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Tina >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information