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Dec 12, 2013
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LA exhibit mixes kids and guns as shock advocacy
LA photographer Greg Cohen grew up near Newtown, Connecticut. His exhibit of kids and guns portraits, Farewell to Arms is his effort to call for gun control.

LA photographer Greg Cohen grew up near Newtown, Connecticut. His exhibit of kids and guns portraits, Farewell to Arms is his effort to call for gun control.

Los Angeles fine art photographer Greg Cohen has taken photos ranging from Buddhist monks in Laos, to portraits of dogs lapping at the wind as they ride in their owners' cars. In his latest series, which opens at an LA gallery Thursday, Cohen deals with his heaviest topic to date: violence.

KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.