The Leica Gallery in Salzburg is currently displaying the work of Mario Marino “Faces of Africa”: German-based photographer Mario Marino has now been immersed in his “Faces of Africa” taking pictures for two weeks, producing powerfully sensitive portraits of South Ethiopians. His first show, opening at Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin,after in London, Munich, Amsterdam, Gent, Brussels, Nijmegen and […]
This set of Q&A provides some interesting information on the latest Leica Vario X Type 107 camera ($2,850.00), including answers to questions and concerns raised by several readers of this blog: Is the Leica X Vario the official successor of the Leica X2? No. Due to its very different possibilities in the photographic use the X […]
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 […]
