Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If anything, these pictures do NOT seem cute and harmless. They can be very disturbing in their utter normality. Has anyone else ever documented gun owners as Kyle is doing now? Not to my knowledge. He noted that a vast proportion of the US population owns guns and considers them a part of their home life. Yet, there must have been some unspoken taboo against showing this, as people would show off their doggies, cute kids, or macram? collections. Pictures like this just aren't taken or shown. I can't think of a better definition for art: it makes me consider the commonplace in a wholly different manner. If he can sell it, all the more power to him. That means so many other people will be forced to consider the middle-class normality of gun ownership, whether they approve of it or not. Personally, I'd prefer far stricter controls on access to guns, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't consider the pervasive ownership and public affection for firearms. Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:32 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Dog wrangling - guns, kids, and saying "cheese" gosh Kyle... you are such a fine photographer.... why do you insist on taking a tiny slice of the psychopathology that's out there, glorifying it... and making it seem cute and harmless... is it only because you can sell it? Steve