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Over 23 000 photographers present more than 300 000 images in the LFI Gallery. In this issue: a Romanian dancer, a night sky in Brittany, and an Indian battle of colours
It offers more possibilities than a classic compact camera, while being much more compact than a classic 35mm. It is all about the joys of photography
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9 6 | L e i c a El p r o 5 2 The versatile close-up lens opens up the world of macrophotography for many M and L mount lenses, as well as the Leica X and X Vario 100 | Leica M10-D Tomas van Houtryve took photos from the rooftops of Paris with an M10-D. He enjoyed working without a display, as it reminded him of the concentrated approach of analogue photography 106 | Museum Leica The second instalment in our series on remarkable exhibits from the Leica archives is dedicated to the Leica M2, M1 and MD
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Emile Ducke: from The Emperor’s New Clothes series
15 years ago, Josefine Raab launched the newcomer challenge gute aussichten. The concept brought a breath of fresh air to the field. We spoke with her 126 | books
Jürgen Schadeberg 6 | L e i c a H a ll o f Fa m e
The focus of his comprehensive body of work is on South Africa – and has been for decades. Schadeberg is now being honoured with the Leica Hall of Fame
Charlotte Schmitz 30 | Cok Güzelim, Cök Güzel
The Balat district of Istanbul tends towards conservatism. A glimpse behind the scenes reveals a dazzling women’s world full of dreams and stories
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New publications by Demetris Koilalous, Yan Morvan, Ruth Stoltenberg, and Maria Sewcz, as well as an opulent photo book on China by Magnum Photos 128 | exhibitions Paolo Pellegrin in Rome, Ansel Adams in Boston, 30 under 30 in Lille, and Feast for the Eyes at Foam in Amsterdam 1 2 9 | L e i c a G a ll e r i e s An overview of the program of Leica Galleries around the world, including Thomas Hoepker in Bangkok and Julio Bittencourt in São Paulo
4 6 | T H E E M PEROR ’ S N E W C L O T H ES The new Leica D-Lux 7: now with a higher-resolution sensor and touch display
Reconstruction in East: the photographer travelled to the Chechen capital, tirelessly documenting the rapid transformation of its image
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130 | my picture Fred Mortagne was encouraged when he came in third in a photo competition 1 3 0 | i m p r i nt
With his very honest social studies, the Canadian photographer sees himself as an archivist of everyday life in his adopted homeland of Britain
Edouard Caupeil 78 | o n th e t r a i l o f J a m e s B a ldw i n
Caupeil searched for the legacy of the Afro-American author in the southern states of the US, capturing the atmosphere and state of affairs today
C ove r: Jürgen Schadeberg,
Priscilla Mtimkulu making up
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He is of invaluable significance as a courageous, passionate photographer with a humanistic eye. He has taken pictures in Germany and Europe, but it is South Africa that has constantly been at the heart of his seven-decade long career. One of the great photojournalists of the 20th century, Jürgen Schadeberg is now being honoured with the Leica Hall of Fame Award.
Ian Berry was there in 1955 when Jürgen Schadeberg was arrested. Curious policeman at the Berlin War, 1961 (right). Spectacular: Hans Prignitz’s handstand on the Michaeliskirche in Hamburg, 1948 (previous page)
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Haircuts everywhere, Sophiatown 1958. As of the mid 1950s, black people were forcibly relocated from their districts
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Charlotte Schmitz Çok güzelim, çok güzel
Charlotte Schmitz spent more than two years living in the Balat district of Istanbul. As she wandered through the small alleyways, her interest was piqued by life behind the curtains, where she discovered a world that bordered on a fairy tale.
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“The assumed conservatism is often not as conservative as we often expect. Of course, I also confirmed with the women which photos I can show and which not. The women know my pictures, take a look at them, or get sent them.�
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Onwards and upwards: The Chechen capital city of Grozny is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Financial support from Moscow enables the construction of magnificent buildings and prestige projects, designed to encourage a new, patriotic mindset in the city’s inhabitants. But what lies behind the dazzling facade?
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Homer Sykes T h e Way W e W e r e
Sykes has been documenting British social classes and culture for the past fifty years. The pictures found in his new photo book offer comprehensive insight into the pulsing heart of a society that is constantly on the move.
Homer Sykes’s images discover excitement in everyday situations and have made him a chronicle of half a century of British history
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Homer Sykes has photographed countless numbers of people. The social setting, habitat, and above all the clothes, betray much about their status in society. Sykes remains delighted with the possibility of his photography expressing their origins, attitudes, reputation and their particular class in society.
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Above: visitors to the annual Eton v. Harrow cricket match held since 1805 (St Johns Wood, London 1975); below: children playing on the streets (Wandsworth, London 1970); left page: a middle-aged couple enjoy a sunny Saturday afternoon in deck chairs (Southend-on-Sea, Essex 1974) lFI
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Edouard Caupeil On the Trail o f Ja m e s Ba l dw i n
James Baldwin wrote from the sensitive depth of his soul and became an icon in the fight against the discrimination of Afro-Americans and homosexuals. With his camera, Edouard Caupeil went to the southern states of the US in search of the author’s legacy.
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Training elite among their own kind: this homogeneous group of ballet students practices in public places – in Montgomery they seem like aliens (above); hero and saint; the likeness of Martin Luther King on a tapestry in a bar, close to the building where he lived (left)
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Ro o f W i t h A V i e w leica m10-d
For Tomas van Houtryve, the M10-D could not have come at a more fitting time: in a world increasingly mesmerised by omnipresent screens, it promotes a return to the core essence of photography.
Is there such a thing as a digital camera without a display? There is now: the M10-D encourages photographers to embrace a more purist approach
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It seems difficult to imagine that any camera developer other than Leica would have been bold enough to design a digital camera that lacks one of the most defining elements of digital photography. The fact that the release of the M10-D has caused some level of controversy certainly comes as no surprise. However, critics are actually far less concerned with the absence of a display than they are with the claim that the M10-D allows you to recapture an ‘analogue photography experience’. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the camera promotes a mode of practice that has gone out of fashion in the digital era, but which does offer a number of advantages regarding the results you are able to achieve. The Belgian reportage photographer Tomas van Houtryve certainly thinks along those lines, particularly after having spent several weeks working with the Leica M10-D. When he tested the camera, he decided to do so in combination with his great passion: capturing the world from the rooftops of Paris. LFI: Tomas van Houtryve, what ignited the idea to start climbing onto people’s roofs? Tomas van Houtryve: My very first apartment in Paris was a tiny attic space – it was so small that it wasn’t long before I felt compelled to expand out onto the roof. That’s when I discovered a whole new world: a landscape of zinc rooftops, with the tip of the Eiffel Tower in the distance and the scent of fresh bread rising up from a nearby bakery. After that,
I kept going out on the roof whenever the weather allowed it, often taking my camera with me. At that time my work frequently took me to conflict zones, so that these rooftop excursions became a source of respite and reflection after an exhausting assignment. I eventually moved to a better apartment, which was once again located at the top of the building, and had even more amazing views: Saint Sulpice, the Panthéon, the Sacre-Cœur de Montmatre … After a few years of living in Paris, I started to meet other people who had chosen to live in attic apartments for the same reasons I had, and who allowed me to share in their vistas. But it was only recently that I decided to turn the Rooftops of Paris concept into a cohesive photo project. And you decided to shoot this project with the Leica M10-D? Absolutely – it has now become my primary digital camera, while the M240 is going to be my backup camera body. What about the fact that the M10-D lacks some of the digital attributes offered by the M240? When I switched from analogue to digital (mostly because my commissioned work necessitates a digital workflow), I somehow felt that my pictures weren’t as good as they had →
The M10-D does not feature a display, but still offers the full spectrum of digital options found in the M10 – outsourced to the Leica Fotos app
Photos: Š Tomas van Houtryve; portrait on page 105: Brian Sokol
Looking out over the 6th arrondissement of Paris: Tomas van Houtryve worked with the Summicron-M 35mm f/2 Asph
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J a pa n e s e new year “I’ve been taking part in the annual New Year’s celebrations at the Shintō Shrine in Ōita Prefecture ever since I was a child; but only as a observer. The older I get the more important these traditions – such as this drum concert played on ancestral instruments – are to me.” Ikuo Inoue Leica M Monochrom with ApoMacro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8
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