Leica Camera as an Artifact

26 Monday Nov 2012

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This is what Leica was meant to be used for. Not for displaying in your showcase or using as an expensive accessory on red carpet.

Leica M6 worn out

This is Leica M6 of a photographer Blake Andrews, who has been active in film photography since 1993. The following image explains how exactly it was worn out.

Click the link below to read his blogpost and see more such images of the same camera.

Source: Camera as artifact.

The Marks of a Leica That Has Not Been Used as a Fashion Accessory (petapixel.com)
Most Expensive Production Camera and First Leica M Sold at Auction (petapixel.com)
Paul Smith on Photography & His Collaboration with Leica (selectism.com)

Portraits by Yousuf Karsh

23 Sunday Sep 2012

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George Bernard Shaw

Audrey Hepburn

Pablo Picasso

Yousuf Karsh, an armenian-origin american-canadian photographer, was especially famous for portrait photography in its time, who captured the finest personalities of last century in perfect frame. The portraits he made ceased to look as a portrait of someone and brought the viewer directly inside the frame. This feature is quite unparalleled in portrait photography. Go to the link below to see more his masterpieces ranging from scientists like Einstein to Politicians like Winston Churchill.