In the latest “Leica. My Life” series, meet Iskandar Abdulkarim. By day a development engineer at Leica Camera AG, Iskander enjoys driving his Audi TTS Coupé by the countryside on the German autobahns in his free time. In the video, Iskander explains why perfectionism is so important, not only to him and the company, but for [...]
Moscow, the first city In part two of our “Arrivals and Departures” series with Magnum Photographer Jacob Aue Sobol, the Trans Siberian Railway has stopped in Moscow. Jacob brings us along his journey as he shoots the streets of Russia’s capital not sure of what will happen but equipped with a Leica M Monochrom. -Leica Internet Team [...]
Huge distances in a slow pace On this journey I will visit three cities, where I have never been before: Moscow, Ulan Batar, and Beijing. The train will bring me from the Russian forests to the Mongolian desert and finally through the mountains to Beijing. The train will be the red thread connecting these capitals. [...]
Looking at the body of work that photographer Marco Barbon is compiling with the intricacy of an expert craftsman, we can distinguish several defining characteristics that the artist repeatedly questions. Those characteristics, in return, structure his work and create connections between the different series that comprise it. Amongst these are the question of the “ambiguous” [...]
Abdoulaye Barry is a Chadian photographer, who was born in N’Djamena in 1980. Following the presentation of a monographic exhibition of his work at the recent Rencontres de Bamako photo festival, we spoke with him about his Pêcheurs de nuit (Night Fishermen) series taken on Lake Chad in 2010, about his professional path and about [...]
Toggle to full screen mode to have a better viewing experience and in case your browser cannot display the book viewer properly, click here. Andy Barton oversaw the creation of the Leica User Forum’s Charity Book 2012. Here he shares the process of putting together the book and what it means for him personally. I am [...]
As an art school student studying painting, Michael Tsegaye thought “photography was too easy and a bit boring compared to painting — all you had to do with it was click on a button!” It wasn’t until a few years later when he became allergic to the oil paints that he began to explore photography [...]
Michael Tsegaye is an Ethiopian photographer, born in 1975. His work has been exhibited in Africa (Bamako, Addis-Abeba), Europe (Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam) and the Americas (New York, Miami, Memphis, Mexico City). Michael Tsegaye lives and works in Addis-Abeba, the capital city of Ethiopia. This is how Michael explains what he chooses to portray, “As [...]
Our fourth video in the “Leica. My Life” series features Hamburg-based Ben Bernschneider, a passionate director, photographer, author and pretty bad musician. No matter what he’s working on, Ben’s mission is to preserve human beauty. Ben can stage his image with a studio, a model and lighting, but what’s captured when the shutter clicks on [...]
Marc Shoul is a South African photographer, born in 1975 in Port Elizabeth. Interested in exploring social issues, four years ago he began photographing the city of Brakpan, which is a 45-minute drive from Johannesburg. Street scenes and more intimate portraits compose a personal portrayal of a place that is “anchored in time, the same, [...]
Meet Annika Lu Hermann, a 22-year-old fashion design student born, raised and living in Hamburg, Germany. This video featuring Annika and her V-Lux 3 is the third in our “Leica. My Life.“ series. Having received her first camera from her father at age 10 and making the decision to study fashion design at age 14, [...]
After downloading the new firmware ver. 1.162 for the M9 and ver. 2.014 for the M8.2, I set about learning what improvements were incorporated. One of the many upgrades included was support of the new lens “Leica Super-Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4”. No sooner had I read these words than the phone rang. It was my friends at the [...]
What makes a great lens? Some photographers want an all-purpose lens with the widest possible zoom range. Others want the fastest lens possible for capturing photos in the dimmest of light. In the end, all that really matters is image quality. I had a chance recently to try out the new Leica Super-Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4 [...]
Picture a 23-year-old Russian living in Switzerland and working as a professional showboarder. Then imagine somebody who’s also madly in love with photography. And now try to merge these two characters together. Not possible? Well allow us to introduce Iouri Podladtchikov. Q: Iouri, as the story goes, your were born in Russia but spent most [...]
Capturing movement in a picture is an insane paradox which most of us wouldn’t even try to crack. Not so for Max Malatesta. The 41-year-old actor takes on this challenge, relying on only one true companion: his Leica X1. Q: Max, first and foremost, tell us a bit about yourself and your job. A: Well, [...]
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