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Elzbieta
{K:3153} 2/16/2006
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nice shot
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Russ Hewitt
{K:1831} 7/11/2005
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interesting...
guns are a great prop, partially because they're dramatic and also because we can use them as a kind of visual shorthand to convey a message or a feeling. i have mixed feelings about using them, almost the same way i have mixed feelings about photographing someone smoking because of my own personal anti-smoking stance. still there's no denying we as photographers often slide toward the symbols which we can use to create the impact we want because it's easy. i've done it (at four examples in my usefilm portfolio), i know many others have as well. makes me wonder how much harder it would be for us if we didn't have these visually charged cultural symbols at our disposal.
for me the power in this piece is in the eyes and it is almost impossible for me to tear myself away from them. the 'blood spatters' add a layer of texture and disturbance as well. this is a fine piece of work shelby. i've just come to your images through jay gumm whose comments i've read and had to come see what attracted him. so glad i did.
regards
russ
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Chad Smith
{K:639} 5/26/2005
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Stunning image...
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{K:6642} 5/2/2005
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strong and perfect!
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{K:9527} 3/15/2005
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great! love it...
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m.c. lopez
{K:14766} 3/14/2005
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Eh !
this picture - no doubt - has an impact !
great work Shelby !
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shelby koning
{K:5450} 3/14/2005
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the gun is a replica - I've been on the wrong side of the barrel a few too many times (once is enough) to have the real thing around me anymore, in fact this stays locked away in a suitcase where it can't cause any trouble. I don't know that I'm anti-gun but I have seen them too often used for ill gains, and held in anger or fear. I stand behind my anti-violence stance strongly despite what my images may tell, but I've been exposed to a great deal of it... and so it becomes a part of my story...
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In Transit
{K:29432} 3/14/2005
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My only regret is the pistol...
I was stopped the other day by a US State Trooper... who under his blaring flood lights... called through his megaphone... place your hands in the wheel... do not turn around... and asked whether I had any arms in the car...
National Rifle Association of America that defend and foster the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans... is something that I find difficult to accept...
But the capture would do justice... as a poster... stop guns...
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Roberto Bertone
{K:13239} 3/13/2005
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Ottimo e creativo lavoro!!
Saluti.
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Gennaro Guarino
{K:12372} 3/13/2005
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very strong image
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Todd Miller
{K:16464} 3/13/2005
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excellent work! the post-processing fits perfectly with the shot. cheers,
todd
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