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Henri Cartier-Bresson: “The Impassioned Eye” documentary

LR admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:44 +0000

I removed the embedded video because it appears that it was uploaded on Vimeo without the permission of the original copyright owner. The two disc set can be purchased from Amazon.

Joel Meyerowitz talks about street photography

LR admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:54:48 +0000

Here is another documentary of Joel Meyerowitz talking about street photography (see also this related video):

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The Singled Person (video)

LR admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:48:53 +0000

The Singled Person from leica camera on Vimeo.

“The Singled Person” is an installation of eight unsynchronized slide projectors displaying photographs by eight international photographers: Michael Ackerman, Morten Andersen, Lorenzo Castore, Thorsten Kirchhoff, Peer Kugler, André Lützen, Hisashi Murayama and Filippo Romano. It offers a subjective lecture on the relationship of the individual and his environment. The traveling installation is currently on view at the 7th Annual Wiesbadener Fototage through September 25th. This slideshow, set to the sound of a projector, shows a sampling of the work of each photographer.

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Joel Meyerowitz talks about street photography

LR admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:57:07 +0000

Here are some tips on street photography from Joel Meyerowitz:

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Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson

LR admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:58:09 +0000

Henri Cartier-Bresson died seven years ago on August 3rd, 2004. Here is an old interview he gave to Charlie Rose:

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Leica & Magnum: “The Awakening” by Dominic Nahr

LR admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:50:19 +0000

Leica & Magnum: Awakening by Dominic Nahr from leica camera on Vimeo.

In our latest photo essay created in partnership with Magnum Photos, we follow Dominic Nahr into the 20km zone surrounding the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, Japan. Nahr documents the damage that resulted from the plant's breakdown.

We first came across the work of Dominic Nahr when he won the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award in 2009 (http://bit.ly/OBNA09). It came as no surprise that he joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in July 2010. Nahr also spoke at our recent event in Paris with Magnum Photos to discuss "Crises and catastrophes in pictures. What justifiable role can photojournalism play in an age of camera phones, Twitter and Facebook?" His portfolio is on the Magnum Photos site: http://bit.ly/DominicNahr

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Leica Portrait: Paul S. Bartholomew

LR admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:37:48 +0000

Leica Portrait: Paul S. Bartholomew from leica camera

As the latest video in our Leica Portrait series, we had a chance to chat with Paul S. Bartholomew at the High Line Park in New York City. Paul is an architecture photographer based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In addition to his commercial work photographing modern architecture, Paul uses his Leica M9 as a "sketchbook" to capture structures around the world as part of his personal work along with his new found passion for food photography.

Shot and Edited by Trevor Bayack

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Leica Portrait: John Wright

LR admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:57:55 +0000

Leica Portrait: John Wright from leica camera on Vimeo.

John has been working with the Leica team in London to help build exposure for the S-System alongside the UK professional photographic community. As part of the collaboration between John and Leica, photographers are able to experience the S-System first-hand through a series of activities including interviews and photographic sessions, exhibitions and workshops at the Leica Store Mayfair ‘Studio S’ and other UK studios. John also uses the camera for a number of high-profile shoots. In our latest Leica Portrait video, John explains what he likes about the S2.

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Are you afraid of shooting strangers on the street? Watch this video!

LR admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:57:32 +0000

Eric Kim attached his phone to the M9 viewfinder and started video recording his street shooting session in Santa Monica. As you can see from the video, a smile with few innocent words is all you need to get away with shooting strangers at close range on the street:

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Leica photographer: Wolfgang Wesener (video)

LR admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:21:41 +0000

Leica Portrait: wowe from leica camera on Vimeo.

German born, New York based photographer wowe (Wolfgang Wesener) has photographed some of the most iconic individuals of the past two decades. He is especially known for his photography of the 1980s punk scene in New York and his photos from that period were recently displayed in an exhibition titled "wowe, Nightclubbing, New York nightlife in the ‘80s" at the Leica Gallery in New York. Here wowe shares some of his wildest stories.

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Bruce Gilden and his Leica M

LR admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:34:05 +0000

In this video Bruce Gilden explains why he uses Leica M cameras:

See also this video about Bruce Gilden and BJP's "Head On".

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Leica Photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson, “The Decisive Moment” (video)

LR admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:41:30 +0000

Henri Cartier-Bresson - The Decisive Moment from bt465 on Vimeo.

Cartier-Bresson achieved international recognition for his coverage of Gandhi's funeral in India in 1948 and the last (1949) stage of the Chinese Civil War. He covered the last six months of the Kuomintang administration and the first six months of the Maoist People's Republic. He also photographed the last surviving Imperial eunuchs in Beijing, as the city was falling to the communists. From China, he went on to Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), where he documented the gaining of independence from the Dutch. Photograph of Alberto Giacometti by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

In 1952, Cartier-Bresson published his book Images à la sauvette, whose English edition was titled The Decisive Moment. It included a portfolio of 126 of his photos from the East and the West. The book's cover was drawn by Henri Matisse. For his 4,500-word philosophical preface, Cartier-Bresson took his keynote text from the 17th century Cardinal de Retz: "Il n'y a rien dans ce monde qui n'ait un moment decisif" ("There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment"). Cartier-Bresson applied this to his photographic style. He said: "Photographier: c'est dans un même instant et en une fraction de seconde reconnaître un fait et l'organisation rigoureuse de formes perçues visuellement qui expriment et signifient ce fait" ("Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact").

Both titles came from publishers. Tériade, the Greek-born French publisher whom Cartier-Bresson idolized,[peacock term] gave the book its French title, Images à la Sauvette, which can loosely be translated as "images on the run" or "stolen images." Dick Simon of Simon & Schuster came up with the English title The Decisive Moment. Margot Shore, Magnum's Paris bureau chief, did the English translation of Cartier-Bresson's French preface.

"Photography is not like painting," Cartier-Bresson told the Washington Post in 1957. "There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative," he said. "Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever."

Cartier-Bresson held his first exhibition in France at the Pavillon de Marsan in the Louvre in 1955.

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Leica photographers: Tobin Yelland

LR admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:47:04 +0000

Leica M camera is not a good choice for shooting action sports, right? Wrong! Tobin Yelland is using his Leica M6 to shoot... skateboarders! Check out this video called "Shoot all skaters":

Tobin Yelland-Shoot all Skaters from Bryar Polansky on Vimeo.

See previous Leica Photographers posts here.

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Leica Photographers: Justin Guariglia

LR admin — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:02:32 +0000

Justin Guariglia, Photographer for National Geographic Traveler Magazine from leica camera on Vimeo.

Raised in an artsy suburb of New York City and exposed to art, Venetian architecture and photography in his formative years, Justin Guariglia has had a lifelong passion for documentary photography and Leica M cameras that eventually led to a distinguished career as a magazine and travel photographer. His wanderlust has taken him and his cameras all over the world, but he has settled in Asia, a vast region he has revealed with an incisive and compassionate eye in stunning books and splendid feature articles in major magazines including cover stories in National Geographic Traveler and Smithsonian. Here is Justin Guariglia's exclusive interview with Leica Camera.

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Leica photographers: Alessio Pizzicannella

LR admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:58:57 +0000

Leica Portrait: Alessio Pizzicannella from leica camera on Vimeo.

Alessio Pizzicannella has traveled all over the world documenting musicians both on and off stage. Alessio recently went on tour for an upcoming eBook with Italian Singer Francesco Renga and exclusively used the Leica S2 to document it. In this video, we caught up with Alessio in Senigallia, Italy to discuss his love of music and photography and his experience with the S2.

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Leica photographers: Bruce Gilden

LR admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:54:23 +0000

This is a new video of Bruce Gilden shooting on the streets of Derby, England:

Check also this older video of Bruce Gilden.

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Leica photographers: Ralph Gibson (video)

LR admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:28:28 +0000

Portrait: Ralph Gibson from leica camera on Vimeo.

Ralph Gibson has achieved worldwide acclaim as a photographer for more than four decades. A champion of individual expression, Gibson urges photographers to develop a personal style by following their own instincts. He has worked exclusively with the Leica for almost 50 years and here is an exclusive interview for Leica Camera.

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Leica photographers: meet Ralph Gibson at the opening reception of his exhibition

LR admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:35:39 +0000

Leica photographer Ralph Gibson will have an exhibition in the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. The opening reception is on Saturday, April 2nd from 6:00pm till 8:00pm. Admission is free.

For over 50 years Ralph Gibson has consistently pursued and extended the definition of Black & White photography. His images are as much about photography itself as the subject in the picture. Ralph has worked exclusively with the Leica 35mm camera throughout his entire photographic career and has had more than 200 solo exhibitions. He is considered one of the foremost Black & White photographers of his time.

Ralph Gibson’s images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition. Gibson has maintained a lifelong fascination with books and book-making. Since the appearance in 1970 of The Somnambulist, he has produced over 40 monographs, and his photographs are included in more than 200 museum collections around the world.

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a museum space where photography can speak with its clearest voice. This exhibition shows not only Gibson’s photography but also how his photos relate to one another.

Curated by Ray Merritt especially for the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, this exhibition of Ralph Gibson’s diptychs is sponsored by the generous support of the Cygnet Foundation.

Exhibition Dates:
April 3rd through May 14th

Museum Hours:
Monday - Thursday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Friday and Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Admission Free

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Leica photographers: Craig Semetko (video)

LR admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:25:00 +0000

Photographer Craig Semetko talks about his photography, his Leica M9 and MP and his new book "Unposed":

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Leica & Magnum: Past Present Future (video)

LR admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:04:15 +0000

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/.

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