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Subject: [Leica] re: armed america
From: jsluss at hughes.net (John Sluss)
Date: Thu Jun 8 14:37:13 2006
References: <86070F417851ED468663EC5459FC8A051713@EXCHANGE.asc.local> <F9AAF880-868B-40D9-BD6C-F759596BE7C7@pandora.be>


Here are seven more reasons why someone might want a firearm or two in their 
home, even if they are young and healthy. And there are many more where this 
comes from.

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4978809

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: armed america


> If he would have held his revolver(s)/pistols(s) in this one, it  would 
> have been perfect.
> Maybe, and it's sad to say, Jim is not a keeper in this series,  despite 
> his story, that for once -and I'm on dangerous grounds here,  I know- gave 
> an understandable reason why somebody thinks he needs a  firearm at his 
> home.
> (also know that I appreciate the different reasons explained by each 
> different person in your series, even if I rarely agree with them: it 
> makes it a very powerful and interesting project)
>
> Philippe
> (apologies for my complicated sentence structure mood :-)
>
> Op 8-jun-06, om 22:30 heeft Kyle Cassidy het volgende geschreven:
>
>>> From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
>>>
>>> I question that just arises: how do you work for this series? Do you
>> ask
>>> your subjects to show their arms the way they personally want to and
>> where
>>> they want to, or do you give them any steering/suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks for showing,
>>>
>>> Philippe
>>>
>>> http://www.availabledark.com/~ratty/armedamerica/jim/jim3.jpg
>>
>> Hi philippe -- it's a little of both. Sometimes I get there to hear
>> "this is the only room we can photograph in, because it's the one I
>> cleaned", other times I get "look around, tell me what you want to do"
>> -- in most places I try and do at least two different setups.  Sometimes,
>> such as the hunter with the moose head, everything is pretty much
>> dictated already by the room -- there was largely only one angle I  could
>> use to get what I wanted and exclude sofas and chairs and the like.
>> Usually I'm the one suggesting the poses to accommodate the room.
>>
>> I also did one like this:
>>
>>
>> http://www.availabledark.com/~ratty/armedamerica/jim/1.jpg
>>
>> But jim pretty much set himself up, the dog jumped in his lap -- that
>> was about it.
>>
>> Kyle
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] re: armed america)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] re: armed america)