“Ninety Nine Years Leica” Special Edition Book: Fewer Than 1,500 English Copies are Now Available
Fri December 7, 2012This video presents “photokina 2012 – DAS WESENTLICHE”:
- Get a behind-the-scenes look into the “LEICA DAS WESENTLICHE” event held on September 17, 2012 before the start of photokina 2012
- Watch what happened on the night Leica Camera announced an unprecedented amount of new products
“Revealed at the LEICA – DAS WESENTLICHE event the night before photokina 2012, the new book “Ninety Nine Years Leica” by the Hamburg publisher 99pages is a nod to Leica Camera’s history and the emotions and legendary images that have been a part of our lives for nearly a century. After reading through its 300 pages, one gets a sense of what it means to shoot with a Leica camera and how truly different the company is.”
The Leica Internet Team sat down with Alfred Schopf, CEO of the Management Board of Leica Camera AG, to give us insight into the inspiration and idea behind the celebratory, new book “Ninety Nine Years Leica”:
The images in the Flickr group dedicated to this book are all self-portraits of people with a Leica Camera.
PRESS RELEASE
LEICA CAMERA CELEBRATES 99 YEARS
Special edition book recounts the path to becoming a living legend
Allendale, NJ (December 6, 2012) – For nearly a century, Leica cameras have captured fleeting moments and transformed them into stories brimming with the lifeblood of true human experience. The iconic image of the end of WWII as displayed by the sailor and nurse in Times Square embodies the excitement and relief felt in the U.S. on V-J Day, an immortal message not of love, but of spontaneous joie de vivre. As a stark contrast, yet just as intense, the palpable fear on Napalm Girl’s face reaches beyond the picture as she runs screaming from the wreckage that was formerly her home, announcing to the world that war also, and above all, affects the most innocent people: children. Now, the story of passion and inspiration synonymous with Leica Camera comes to life in “Ninety Nine Years Leica,” a 300-page tribute to the intensely emotive and legendary images that have become a part of our lives. It sheds an emotional spotlight on 99 years of enthusiasm for a small camera developed by Oskar Barnack in 1913.
Late to the party? Party doesn’t start without you? Think again… in this tongue in cheek video about the hottest here-to-stay trend in digital cameras. It’s a joke, but like all good jokes, there’s usually an element of truth in them.
Jamie Scott visited Central Park just after sunrise, photographing the Fall changing colors twice a week for six months to make this beautiful timelapse. Timelapse takes dedication…
Not content to map everything in sight and even out of sight, Google is apparently ready to set its sights way up high, to be more precise, at 119,617 nearby stars. While the video above simply takes you on a voyage, try the interactive tool in the link below to “navigate” thru this galaxy of stars. You might want to do this on the Google Chrome browser.
