Already a year has passed
since the grand opening of the new Leica headquarters at Leitz Park in
Wetzlar. It was 100 years prior to that
that the Leica was born in form of the original prototype, the Ur-Leica. Among the many celebrations, Leica had an impressive
exhibition of photographs taken over the years, titled “100 Years of Leica
Photography.” During this, the first
anniversary of the grand opening, we thought it to be interesting to write
about the exhibition again.
100 years of Leica photography
PICTURES FOR ETERNITY
A picture is worth a thousand
words – and yet can take our breath away. When it shows endless joy. When it
documents unimaginable suffering. When it brings us closer to untouchable
legends. Or when it saves the blink of an eye for eternity. With their Leica,
throughout 100 years, photographers have been capturing such moments. And we
have been looking inward for a moment.
On 14 August 1945, the day
Japan surrendered in the Second World War, Alfred Eisenstaedt
documented the feelings of
joy experienced by an entire nation in just a single photo.
NAPALM ATTACKS IN VIETNAM
Few pictures show the horrors
of war as brutally as the iconic
photo by the Vietnamese
photographer Nick Út.
This photograph was taken on
8 June 1972.
CHE GUEVARA
Perhaps the most famous image
of the last 100 years:
Alberto Korda photographs Che
Guevara
with his Leica M2 during a
memorial service in 1960.
DEATH OF A SPANISH LOYALIST
With this image of the Spanish Civil War,war correspondent
Robert Capa achieved international acclaim.
The photo was taken on 5 September 1936.
SEEING THE MOMENT
EXHIBITION „36 PHOTO ICONS“
at Leitz Park Wetzlar
100 years of Leica, 100 years
of history: Hindenburg captures airspace, the Russian’s Berlin, and James Dean
the hearts of women. Always on location at such defining moments: photographers
who had a keen eye for the significance of a scene – and a Leica camera in
hand. It’s their photos we present to you in the exhibition “36 Photo Icons” at
Leitz Park in Wetzlar. Iconic photos that are renowned throughout the world
today.
New York - Ernst Leitz II,
1914
Flood in Wetzlar - Oscar
Barnack, 1920
Self portrait in mirrors -
Ilse Bing, 1931
Oskar Barnack at his
workplace - Julius Huisgen, 1934
Girl with Leica - Alexander
Rodchenko, 1934
LZ 129 "Hindenburg"
at its docking post at Rhine-Main airport - Dr. Paul Wolff and Alfred
Tritschler, 1936
At the Marne - Henry Cartier
Bresson, 1938
The flag of victory - Yevgeny
Khaldei, 1945
Guardia Civil - W. Eugene
Smith, 1950
Self portrait - UMBO (aka
Otto Umbehr, 1950
LePeintre de la Tour Eiffel -
Marc Riboud, 1953
James Dean on Times Square -
Dennis Stock, 1955
Muhammad Ali - Thomas
Hoepker, 1966
New York City - Elliott
Erwitt, 1974
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Amazing photographs. Not that I haven't seen them before, but I can look at them time and time again.
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