Yestreday Swiss photographer René Burri received the Leica Hall of Fame Award 2013. The award was presented at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich. Burri was also given a Leica M Monochrom for his achievements in 55 years of photography. The Monochrom with a special engraving was handed over to Burri by Dr. Andreas Kaufmann. […]
The short film “Soul“ which was created for the launch of the M-Monochrom camera in the Leica Store in São Paulo, won five awards at the Cannes Lions Festival and a total of 17 international awards. This controversial production was not associated with Leica Camera AG – it was created independently by Sentimental Filme production […]
Two new Leica Boutique stores are coming to Sweden and South Africa. The South Africa location (Fourways, just north of Johannesburg) will be a store within a store. My understanding is that currently Leica products are not directly available in South Africa. The store will be operated by The Digital Experience. The official opening will be somewhere in late July, early […]
Leica Akademie North America added several new classes to their schedule. Here is the complete list:
Two new accessories for Leica M cameras – the first one is a leather camera wrap from makegoodcameras.com: “There’s nothing more classic than a leather wrap to put your favorite camera in. This soft leather wrap that we have (and soon to be yours) is made from 100% leather, and the soft inner lining ensures that your gear is well […]
Product designer Kevin LCK created this Leica M3 camera out of paper cardboard:
Many celebrities attended the Leica Store and Gallery grand opening in Los Angeles last night. An interesting piece of information that was published in the press release: the giant “Fake Leica” sculpture by Liao Yibai located inside the store is valued at $1 million.
