Age of Innocence - Children and Guns in the USA

Photographs: Laurent Élie Badessi

Thems: Portraits of children and their firearms Explanatory note:

These children and teenagers posed for the photographer’s camera, holding a gun, and all gave a clear answer to this simple question: “What do you like about firearms?”

While the photographic work aims to explore the obvious fascination that firearms hold for many Americans, this book also invites us to confront this social, political, and moral reality.

Technical details:

60 black-and-white photographs on baryta paper, 40 × 50 cm

Black frames, 50 × 60 cm