Category Archives: Leica Photographers

Leica photographers: Herbert Piel

  In March of 2011 Herbert Piel will have a photo exhibition at the Leica Gallery in Solms, Germany.   Herbert Piel was born in 1957. He is a member of the German Photographic Society and the German Leica historical society. Herbert started taking photographs with his father’s Leica IIIg camera when he was ten year old. […]

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Matt Stuart on street photography (video)

A short video of Matt Stuart discussing his approach to taking pictures and street photography: Source: Spinetv

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Would you dare shoot like Mark Cohen (or Bruce Gilden)?

I came across those videos of Mark Cohen on YouTube today (you can check out his books “Grim Street” and “True Color”): on the second video, skip the intro and go directly to the 1:33 mark: and I was wondering if you can get away shooting on the street like Mark Cohen today and then I […]

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century (new book)

With the ongoing Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in New York,  the Museum of Modern Art published also a new book “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century”, now available at Amazon: Links for international readers: Amazon UK | Amazon Germany | Amazon France | Amazon Canada | Amazon Japan

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If you are in New York

Starting tomorrow, there will be an exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York – Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century. “Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most original, accomplished, influential, and beloved figures in the history of photography. His inventive work of the early 1930s helped define the creative potential of modern […]

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Leica store opening in Palm Beach with Ann Curry

Those videos are from last night – sorry about my shaking hands: I did not mean to cut the speech of the President of Leica US Roger Horn – YouTube allows only 10 minutes videos. I will upload the full speech later on.

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Leica photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Today, 101 years ago, Henri Cartier-Bresson was born. He was consider to be the father of modern photojournalism and of course a Leica user (he used a normal 50mm lens). Here are some Henri Cartier-Bresson related videos: Update: This is the full length of the Henri Cartier Bresson “Just Plain Love” documentary:

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