Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As brilliant as Wild Walt is, I'd say Kyle should just stick to his formula and to hell with all of us and what we think. He has a vision; it's his vision, and as I interpret it from what I see, it isn't about defending one's home, it's about the fact that a wide range of people own firearms. Homies? Sure. But Homies in the house posed the same as everyone else - this is where I live - this is my gat. Period. You go, Kyle. :-) On 6/27/06 10:06 AM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > Kyle > > You've done a great job but I'm curious about what you see as a final > result. It does seem as if what you've captured (albeit fantastically) > is only a small part of armed America. Reading through the posts > certainly reinforces what a wise man once said about viewing images. > "Just shut up and look at the f***ing pictures" Can't remember his name > but he knew what can happen when we lose track of visual communication.. > > A good photograph is worth much more than 1000 words and with the > exception of B.D.'s verbal wang wacking ( :-P ) that seems evident in > the current discussion. I just want to throw a few ideas out which might > make the project a bit more representational? It won't hurt my feelings > if you tell me to mind my own business or maybe it will just a little. > > 1. Whoever mentioned rednecks and their pickups hit some kinda > nail....combine Billy Bob and his Ford and his dawg? > 2. Try homieville....Saturday night specials stuck in the waistbands? > Remember the anonymous(and frightening) nature of the prisoners and > their weapons in the recent posts? > 3. Uniformed police? Concentrate on what they're packing in a general > and generic sort of way. The weapon is the medium which is the message. > 4. National guard? Someone maintaining an armory, surrounded by dozens > of weapons. > 5. A hunter with his "kill"? > 6. Kids with BB guns. An early start on our inculcation. > 7. People on the other side of the equation. Bullet wounds?, Those who > lost the gunfight? Bloody med workers in a big city ER? > 8. Something saying the old west....Tombstones, funny things about > "gettin shot dead"? ( have to meditate on that :-\ ) > 9. Someone standing in their doorway with the proverbial big stick Much > of armed America may rely on this method of deterrence rather than > shootin irons. Quite honestly, by the time many of your subjects > decided which of their fancy pieces to pick up it'd be all over. More > than likely they 'd be dead, the little lady raped, or maybe the kiddies > three rooms away would have sucking chest wounds from stray 9mm's. > 10. Speaking of truckers, a driver standing in front of his big rig with > a .357 in his belt? Twightlight at the local truckstop. > > Keep at it, you're going to end up with a fine piece of work. Hope you > remember us all on the LUG with a few autographed copies? > > Walt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information