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Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes

by Kyle Cassidy

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Publisher Comments:

As the 2004 Presidential Election was beginning to take shape, Kyle Cassidy took note of the important role the simple concept of gun ownership was playing. Hardly anyone he knew didn't have an opinion in the debate over owning guns. Why was a constitutionally protected right so heavily debated, and who exactly as these folks that own guns? I began to wonder who these seventy or so million Americans were, how they lived and what was important to them. I set out to photographs as many gun owners as I could and ask them one question: Why do you own a gun.

Cassidy traveled over 20,000 miles, crisscrossing the country to meet with gun owners in their homes. Cassidy's photo essays create a powerful, thought provoking and sometimes startling view of gun ownership in the U.S. These everyman portraits, and the accompanying views of gun owners, fashion a riveting and provocative hardcover book.

Book News Annotation:

In the summer of 2006, photographer Cassidy traveled the US photographing gun owners in their homes. The subjects of the 100 full-page portraits are as varied in age and lifestyle as they are in their reasons for owning one or many guns--among them fun, competition, professional necessity, protection against criminals, protection against the government, nostalgia, investment, and "they make a nice lamp." Oversize:12x9.25". Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Few things generate as much debate as firearms, but behind this hotly debated topic are real people. Cassidy offers a powerful, provocative, and sometimes startling view of gun ownership in the U.S., providing portraits of people from different backgrounds who all share the common connection of owning a firearm.
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ISBN:
9780896895430
Subtitle:
Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes
Author:
Cassidy, Kyle
Publisher:
Krause Publications
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
Photoessays & Documentaries
Subject:
Portrait photography
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Firearms ownership -- United States.
Subject:
Portrait photography -- United States.
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
July 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
206
Dimensions:
9.26x12.30x.90 in. 3.09 lbs.
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