Category Archives: Leica Photographers

Leica cameras, Jürgen Schadeberg and South African photo journalism (video)

This video is for film camera shooters. In it, celebrated photographer Jürgen Schadeberg talks about the beautiful Leica cameras he has used in his career. He has taken some of the most iconic photos of apartheid-era South Africa with them. Only this year one of is images of Mandela fetched £10,000 in auction. Leica or […]

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Joel Meyerowitz – My life with Leica (take three)

Third and final part of the interview that Leica Akademie Italy has made with Joel Meyerowitz in Milan. The american master talks about the Leica S medium format camera, and how this camera is capable of delivering an image quality that he was formerly able to achieve only with his beloved 8×10″ Deardorff. Here are […]

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Joel Meyerowitz: My Life with Leica (part 2)

Second part of the interview that Leica Akademie Italy has made with Joel Meyerowitz in Milan, in which the American master talks about the Leica M, a camera that has been his tool of choice for street photography in the ’60 and ’70, and that today is his companion for daily shooting. You can watch […]

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Joel Meyerowitz: My Life with Leica (part 1)

Leica Akademie Italy has met Joel Meyerowitz, soon after the opening of his latest exhibition in Milan, and interviewed him about his life long “love” for Leica cameras, from the first Leica M2 in the sixties to the Leica M9, M and S today. In this first take Meyerowitz talks about a camera that has […]

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A Guide to Street Photography: Matt Stuart (video)

“Disappearing into the background is Stuart’s way of allowing funny and colorful scenes to unfold, uncontaminated by his presence. Shooting on a small camera is an essential part of the disguise. Although Stuart shoots digital for commercial commissions, his street photography is captured on a celluloid-format and entirely mechanical Leica MP.

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Bruce Gilden – Postcards from America, Magnum Miami (video)

Bruce Gilden traveled to Florida as part of Magnum Photo’s Postcards from America Project. Gilden’s goal for the project was to use the Leica S2 to capture portraits of the people of Florida, including the underdogs.

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New Leica dedicated digital gallery opened in London

The new Stephen Bartels gallery in London is solely dedicated to Leica digital imaging. The images are exhibited on large High Definition screens. They operate as a members gallery and members can join and show their work through the gallery. Membership is limited to 100 members worldwide. More details, taken form their website:

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Cartier-Bresson: “A question of Color” expo starts in London today

Cartier-Bresson: “A question of Color” expo starts in London today (Nov 8-Jan 27, 2013). This exposition is centered around his almost unknown work with COLOR film. The show is created to feature these rare color images and also the new book titled “A Question of Color”. The press description reads as follows:

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