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Photographer, Zed Nelson discusses a
pressing topic in our government and society with Gun Nation. This series derived from his experience of his friend
getting shot and him almost getting shot. An obvious juxtaposition or more so a
reference to cause and effect, this body of work is a combination of images of
guns as objects, images of people who own guns and the images of the danger of
guns. Greatly, the reaction is based on the viewer’s stance on guns. For
instance, in my case the images of the comfortableness with the guns in
combination with the images of possible repercussions of using guns, is
frightening. Additionally, the images with children holding guns or near the
guns, is making me the most uncomfortable. More specifically, the image of the
shelf crate of bullets is disturbing because they are being displayed like
candy. Having these images together is more powerful and necessary than if they
were a series on their own. Years later, Zed Nelson revisited this series, interviewed
some of the people involved and reshot some of the images. The controversial
photographs were defended by ideas of protection of themselves and their
families and freedoms as an American citizen. This series is such a relevant
topic and thus more impactful in this era of mass shootings.
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