It has been said many
times before that it was the Leica that established 35mm photography. No other camera has influenced photography as
much as the Leica did. But the camera
did not appear out of nothing. Major
credit must be given to its inventor, Odkar Barnack.
Much has been written
about Oscar Barnack and the Leica, yet it is always interesting to hear and see
more about him. Leica Camera AG just released
a documentary about him and his life.
Ernsdt Leitz II
who made the fateful decision to build
Barnack's Camera
This short video shares
Barnack’s life story. It covers everything from his early training as a
precision engineer, to his stint at Carl Zeiss, to his fateful move to Leitz
and the camera he created there.
The prorotype or Ur-Leica from 1913 and the first marketed Leica, the Leica 1 from 1915
But it wasn’t just the camera
he invented, with it came an entirely new style or type of photography. For the first time people were able to
photograph events as they were happening.
With his Leica, Oskar Barnack not only put 35mm photography on the map,
he also created the new type of photography, photo journalism. Without a doubt Barnack’s personal piece of
photographic history is every bit as important as Louis Daguerre’s or George
Eastman’s.
For the video go here.
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