Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future (video)

By LR admin | Published: March 30, 2011

In February of 2011, Magnum Photos and Leica Camera AG announced a technological and photographic collaboration. Today Leica released a new videos on past, present and future of Leica & Magnum:

Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future from leica camera on Vimeo.

A core principal which framed the establishment of Magnum Photos in 1947 was the belief that photographers should have a point of view in their imagery that transcended any formulaic recording of contemporary events. This tradition continues today with the new series of photographic essays being produced by Magnum and Leica.

Burning curiosity breeds evocative expression and it is precisely this spirit which Magnum and Leica will be supporting through this new agreement to create and publish new multimedia essays that will take a deeper look into the stories behind the photographs.

The stories will cover new works by Magnum photographers addressing contemporary themes as well as investigations into the archives of photographers career-long obsessions to share Magnum photographer's individual journeys and unique ways of storytelling.

The voice on this movie is that of Alice George, former head of Magnum.

New stories will be presented on online at http://www.leica-camera.com, http://www.lfi-online.de and http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/.

Related posts:

  1. “From Past, Present to Future” Leica + Magnum event in Paris on June 21st
  2. Leica Camera AG and Magnum Photos present a new multimedia essay
  3. A Decisive Moment in Paris: Leica Camera & Magnum Photos (video)
  4. Leica & Magnum: New York, ten years later by Chris Anderson (video)
  5. Magnum Photos and Leica announced a technological and photographic collaboration

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5 Comments

  1. Carlos R B
    Posted March 30, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

    OT admin, at dpreview a user said that start up times (X1) are faster now…do you happen to know if shot to shot times are better too?(raw)…thanks alot….

    • LR admin
      Posted March 30, 2011 at 1:53 pm | Permalink

      I just got the X1 two weeks ago to compare it with the Fuji X100 – I have not used it enough to be able to tell the difference.

  2. Nobody Special
    Posted March 30, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    Concerning the Magnum piece – so how is this relevant to Leica being able to produce, or bring new equipment to the market for both ‘pros’ and non-pros?

    How are they going to use an association with Magnum to do that? Just wondering?

    • LR admin
      Posted March 30, 2011 at 3:35 pm | Permalink

      I guess they will get feedback from Magnum photographers on new Leica equipment.

      • Nobody Special
        Posted March 30, 2011 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

        Well that’s basically what I thought…..whenever Leica decides to do that….whenever that is!!!!