First prize in this year’s highly prestigious photography competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012, goes to US photographer Frank Hallam Day. For his portfolio, “Alumascapes,” he will receive a Leica M9-P camera and a lens worth around €10,000, as well as a cash prize of €5,000. The second winner in this year’s competition is Piotr [...]
Announced at the ”LEICA – DAS WESENTLICHE” in Berlin, Barbara Klemm is the recipient of the Leica Hall of Fame Award 2012. The prize is awarded to photographers who have rendered outstanding service to the Leica brand and to the genre of photography. Barbara was awarded this honor due to her achievements in political and historical documentation [...]
Dear Leica Readers and Friends, We’re interrupting our regular blog post schedule today because the Internet Team is preparing for the “LEICA – DAS WESENTLICHE” event taking place tonight in Berlin. Leica is celebrating the essence of the art of photography: ‘Das Wesentliche’, the essential element of a moment in time. While many Leica photographers, guests [...]
Last Friday at about 0900 hours Leica Internet Team member René Winklbauer escaped from the Leica Headquarters in Solms. After an extensive search we found René hiding in the depths of the Leica Sporting Optics booth at IWA & Outdoor Classics in Nuremberg. This seemingly mild-mannered young man was set loose among an exhibition hall full of hunting [...]
The Leica Oskar Barnack Award, named for the inventor of the Leica, will be presented for the 33rd time this year. Leica Camera AG hands out two awards as part of this competition. The Leica Oskar Barnack Award is given to a current professional photographer who will receive a Leica M9-P camera with lens worth approximately [...]
In our effort to continuously improve our relationship with friends, customers and enthusiasts, we are excited to announce two new online spaces dedicated to our sport optics customers: the Leica Hunting and Leica Birding communities. The new Leica Hunting and Leica Birding pages launched February 1 on Facebook. The original Leica Sport Optics page has been transformed into Leica Hunting [...]
Dear Leica Camera Blog Readers, The blog is scheduled to relocate to a new server this Friday. During the move, you may not be able to access the site for a couple of hours. But don’t worry, all blog posts and comments will be restored so you shouldn’t notice a difference when the blog is [...]
As we announced last August, Leica Camera served as the new sponsor and partner of the international photo contest “UNICEF Photo of the Year”. This annual contest has been held by UNICEF Germany and GEO Magazine since 2000. Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Creative Director of the Leica Gallery in Salzburg, also joined other renowned personalities as a [...]
Dear Leica Readers and Friends, Thank you for a great year! This will be the last blog post for 2011 and regular publishing will resume on Monday, January 2, 2012. The Leica Internet Team will be on holiday next week, but the wait will be worth it because we have a lot of great content in [...]
The countdown to PhotoPlus Expo has begun! Starting on Thursday, October 27, we invite you to join us at Leica Camera’s PhotoPlus Expo Studio Event featuring the Leica S-System. The Leica S Studio will take place at Sun West Studios, close to the Javits Center. During this 2-day expo, you will have the opportunity to enjoy industry presentations [...]
“Winding. Clicking. Winding. Clicking, and so on. That’s what I have been doing the last couple of days. Sitting with the camera between my hands and listening to the sound of the shutter.” – Paal Audestad Worn out Leica cameras are a rare sight, but Paal Audestad managed to do the impossible. Paal started taking pictures [...]
For many Leica enthusiasts around the world, today is a celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. When our friends at MegaPixel, Israel’s largest photo website, asked us to take part in their Jewish New Year photography project we were happy to oblige. So we took a walk around the Leica factory in Solms [...]
The Schloss Bensberg Classics is an event series for vintage cars in the context of which an exclusive selection of spectacular, precious items is showcased. In a rally called Rallye Historique the participants drive through the Bergisches Land. At the Concours D’Elegance, a rare and vintage car contest, the most exquisite models are awarded a [...]
Leica Camera is happy to support this year’s Lens Culture International Exposure Awards organized by Lens Culture, one of the most popular and influential online magazines about contemporary photography today. The deadline is quickly approaching if you want to enter: submissions are due tomorrow, Saturday, September 17! You can find more details about the award [...]
Andrew Parsons is an award-winning photojournalist who is best known for his political work. He has been documenting the British Prime Minister since 2005, from David Cameron’s bid to become leader of the Conservative Party through to victory in the bitterly contested General Election of 2010, including exclusive access behind the scenes to document the [...]
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