Bashir and Cisco from the book Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes 2007 Krause Books

In 2004 I started on on a two year odyssey across America

photographing gun owners in their homes -- hoping to make a credible

document of this subset of American Culture. I'll leave it to you to

decide how successful I was. This is Bashir and his dog Cisco, from

Pennsylvania. More at www.armedamerica.org.

 

Thanks for your time.

Glad I came across this image as it led me to your portfolio.This is a great capture,I love it.This dude ain't just happy to own a gun,he wants a gun that can start (or finish) a small war.Looks like he's pretty good with it too judging by the target on the wall!!!But the killer in this shot for me is the dog.How the hell did you get him/her to pull that real scarey out of the corner of the eye stare right into the lens? Scares the crap out of me.If I'm gonna get critical the piece of poster in the top right don't do it for me ,I'd clone (not crop)it out,great work. Regards Tony P.S. I had second thoughts , maybe the poster in the corner balances the stuff going on with the window/door.

Hello Kyle , strange image. quite scary too. The man loves his gun and I am sure he would use it with pleasure. What scares me most is the target board(paper) on the wall , used... I might be more careful about the composition (e.g. I would like to see the whole target paper.) cheers Jana