Category Archives: Leica Photographers

If you are in New York

By LR admin | Published: April 10, 2010

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

By LR admin | Published: December 5, 2009

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

By LR admin | Published: August 22, 2009

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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Garry Winogrand videos

By LR admin | Published: June 3, 2009

Sorry, the video is in German – I could not find the original English version (you can still hear the English version): A reader just found another video – in English: Garry Winogrand @ Wikipedia

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Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad (video)

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2009

Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad. from leica camera on Vimeo.

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Sebastiao Salgado: A Conversation

By LR admin | Published: April 13, 2009

Who is Sebastiao Salgado? I will just say that his Leica M7 camera set is currently selling on ebay for US $130,680.00: “Salgado uses three Leica cameras. Most of the time he uses 28mm, 35mm and 60mm lenses (one for each camera body). He uses black-and-white Tri-X film. In low-light situations and indoors he uses […]

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Helen Levitt (1913-2009)

By LR admin | Published: April 2, 2009

Helen Levitt grew up in Brooklyn. Dropping out of high school, she taught herself photography while working for a commercial photographer. While teaching some classes in art to children in 1937, Levitt became intrigued with the transitory chalk drawings that were part of the New York children’s street culture of the time. She purchased a […]

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