With about 30 individual exhibitions in
the halls and a high-profile mix of art works at the Leica Gallery, the image
as a creative end product of the photographic and imaging industry is again the
focus of the Photokina this year.
Besides photographs by a large variety
of photographers, highlights of the exhibition include again the Leica Gallery
in Hall 1 This year it is under the heading of "Music". The selected photographers
include among others the American music photographer Jim Marshall (1936-2010).
The exhibition will include his photographs of the last Beatles concert and the
Rolling Stones tour of 1972 and a collection of photographs of the legendary
Ashbury district in San Francisco during the so-called "Summer of
love". In addition, the the Leica Gallery exhibition program will be enriched
by photographers such as Glen Craig with
"A Day in the Life of Miles Davis", Jürgen Schadeberg with "Jazz
in South Africa" as well as Anton Corbijn with a series of self-portraits,.
National Geographic Germany will present
a selection of the best photographs from the 125-year history of the magazine
in Passage 5.4. The exhibition, consisting of 55
images, reflects the most important expeditions and articles of the magazine.
Leica Camera AG put photography at the
forefront again at the last Photokina after a virtual absence of many years, we
can look foreward to another great success of the photographic exhibitions.
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I think Leica deserves a lot of credit to pay renewed attention to the purpose of using cameras in the first place, to take pictures. For too many years Photokina was too much of an equipment only show. It is also interesting to see that many other equipment manufacturers have followed suit this year with photography exhibitions of their own. But Leica is hands down the leader in this field.
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