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Guns and prayers

Friday 23 March 2018

"When we went up there, I was kind of expecting to see all these worshippers with a glaze in their eyes and a gun in their hands, like a cult that would try to convert me," writes Don Emmert, a photographer based in New York City.

"But these people, they were like my neighbor. They were all like, 'How you doing? Beautiful weather. Oh, here’s my AR-15.'"

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  • AFP / Don Emmert
  • AFP / Don Emmert
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Pride and craftsmanship

Monday 6 February 2017

"The thing that struck me the most was just how proud everyone was of their work," writes New York City bureau chief photographer Don Emmert.

"Every person involved in the process of making the Oscars’ statuettes -- from the 3-D computer image to the carefully polished, stamped, cocooned pieces ready for shipping to Brooklyn to be plated in gold -- everyone took extreme care in what they were creating."

"I suppose it’s only fitting that this amount of care would go into making the Oscar -- one of the world’s most recognizable trophies, bestowed upon the best in film since 1929."

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