Download or read book Oskar Barnack from the Idea to the Leica written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is approximately one hundred years ago that Oskar Barnack designed a camera for 35 mm motion picture film without a forerunner or any camera with similar specifications. The camera was to fit in a coat pocket and should always be ready to take pictures. Those were Oskar Barnack¿s self-imposed objectives. On 31 December 1839, the ¿Münchner Politische Zeitung¿ (Munich political newspaper) reported about a recent simplification of the Daguerrian method by Professor Steinheil, who had developed a camera for 4 x 4 cm negatives and who demanded that camera and pictures should be even significantly smaller in order for photography to achieve a greater popularity. Oskar Barnack did not know about this report, but it was Barnack who satisfied this demand 75 years later.The Leica was ridiculed in 1925, but in 1932 one hundred thousand cameras had been distributed all over the world. The Leica made it possible for the photographer to experience a new spirit in photo-graphy, a photography of the actual events. Contrived scenes were no longer necessary.But who was Oskar Barnack? What led him to the idea to design a camera around 35 mm motion pic-ture film, fit in the coat pocket, and produced only a postage stamp sized negative? (Experts of the time said that could not be possible). However, the renowned manufacturer of microscopes, Ernst Leitz, of Wetzlar, Germany, which had never produced a camera, decided to manufacture this camera. Why? In Germany, at this time was the world¿s largest and most innovative camera industry. However, life was difficult because of ruinous competition between large camera manufactures. Still, the Leica could establish itself in a masterful way. How Oskar Barnack arrived at his idea and how he accomplished it is described in this book.
Download or read book In a Window of Prestes Maia 911 Building written by Julio Bittencourt and published by Dewi Lewis Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2006, the residents of 911 Prestes Maia, a ramshackle tower block in the centre of Sao Paulo, were surprised to learn that they were to be evicted within 28 days. The building, neglected by its landlord and thought to be empty, was actually home to 468 families with 315 children. These residents had driven out the vermin and the drug dealers and cleaned the place up - creating possibly the largest squat in the world. Bittencourt's photos are a powerful record of this diverse community.
Download or read book Artic Heroes written by Ragnar Axelsson and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greenland Dog is one of the greatest heroes of the Arctic, but his fate is uncertain.
Download or read book East of Nowhere written by Fabio Ponzio and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic and empathetic vision of human perseverance, East of Nowhere captures, in stunning photographs, the reality of everyday life in central and Eastern Europe before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 1987, Fabio Ponzio embarked on a photographic odyssey across Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Starting in Istanbul, and making his way to Poland, Ponzio found little food in the shops and long lines to buy bread. With supplies dwindling in the shops and immense crowds to buy necessities, the countries along his route were on the verge of collapse. And in the autumn of 1989, as the various regimes of communist countries from Budapest to Bucharest began to crumble, everything changed. Equipped with a Leica, three Nikons and 100 rolls of film, Ponzio continued his travels across this immense territory, documenting lives marked by pain and sacrifice, now joined by a new energy, full of hope. For two decades, he returned to capture the traditions, faith, humility, courage, and strength of the people of the East. From a previously unpublished archive and an award-winning talent, East of Nowhere is an exquisite collection of photographs that illuminate the physical and ideological divisions between Western and Eastern Europe, while offering a sympathetic and hopeful vision of the human condition.
Download or read book Leica written by Gianni Rogliatti and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Made in Cuba written by Molly Mandell and published by Uitgeverij Luster. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and photographer Molly Mandell portrays 25 Cuban 'makers': creative craftsmen and women with a mission and a lot of passion. They share a striking and admirable do-it-yourself mentality: because Cubans didn't have access to imported goods for a long time, they learned how to make things work with whatever few products were around. This book is an ode to the resilience, the creativity and the self-reliance that have become a necessary way of life for most Cubans. It aims to capture the soul of the people of a country in times of change and transition. Therefore Made in Cuba is not only a source of inspiration for creatives, but also a personal guide to the country, offering a look inside the everyday lives of its people, at a unique moment in time. AUTHOR: Molly Mandell lived and worked in the United States when she started travelling to Cuba. On her countless trips she developed relationships with journalists and scholars but most importantly, with Cuban citizens. Molly is currently based in Copenhagen, where she works as an editor and art director at Kinfolk. SELLING POINT: * Writer and photographer Molly Mandell portrays 25 Cuban craftsmen and woman with a mission, a lot of passion, and a striking and admirable do-it-yourself mentality 120 colour images
Download or read book Slash Burn written by Terje Abusdal and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finnskogen -- directly translated as 'The Forest of the Finns' -- is a large, contiguous forest belt along the Norwegian-Swedish border, where farming families from Finland settled in the early 1600s. The immigrants -- called Forest Finns -- were slash-and-burn farmers. This ancient agricultural method yielded plentiful crops, but required large forested areas as the soil was quickly exhausted. The Forest Finns' understanding of nature was rooted in an Eastern shamanistic tradition, and they are often associated with magic and mystery. This photographic project draws on these beliefs while investigating what it means to be a Forest Finn today, some 400 years and twelve generations later.
Download or read book Unposed written by Craig Semetko and published by Whalen Studios Editions. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow in the footsteps of Leica Camera Ambassador Craig Semetko’s 10 year trek across the globe to capture the spontaneity, humor, and juxtaposition of the human experience. In the book’s forward, iconic photographer Elliott Erwin writes, “Good photographs are tough enough to shoot. Really funny ones are even harder. Good and funny photographs observed in nature not arranged or manipulated but simply observed in real time with amazing consistency, constitute a minor miracle now presented in Mr. Semetko’s book…In my book, he is the essential photographer. That is, the one who sees what others could not have seen.” Inspired by Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, and Elliott Erwitt, Craig Semetko is a collector of the spontaneous moment. With an uncanny knack for using Leica Cameras to capture the beautiful and unexpected that surrounds us all, Semetko offers a striking collection of imagery shot during 10 years of traveling around the world, from Edinburgh to Amsterdam, France to Los Angeles, Hanoi to Bangkok, and beyond. This visual celebration records the first decade of the twenty-first century across all walks of life. Semetko documents the muted beauty of regular people simply living their lives, and captures the humor found in the offbeat and eccentric contrasts all around us. Unposed is a memorable exploration of an era shot by a skilled photographer, dubbed by Esquire magazine as “a noble torchbearer” of the Leica Camera legacy.
Download or read book Too Much Time written by Jane Evelyn Atwood and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 2000-03-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking documentary survey of the experience of women in prison.
Download or read book Leica An Illustrated History written by James L. Lager and published by . This book was released on 1994-10-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers virtually all of the lenses produced by Leitz from the introduction of the Leica 1 Anastigmat in 1925 and the long awaited screw mount lenses, through the M and R optics, to the latest developments
Download or read book The Ameriguns written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the firearms in the world owned by private citizens for non-military purposes, half are in the United States of America. In number they exceed the country's population: 393 million for 372 million people. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti has travelled to every corner of the United States, to meet proud gun-owners, and to see their firearms collections. These, often unsettling, portraits, along with the accompanying stories of the owners and their firearms, provide an uncommon and unexpected insight into what today is really represented by the institution of the Second Amendment.
Download or read book Flash written by Lenny Kravitz and published by TeNeues. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his new title, 'Flash', Lenny Kravitz makes his mark in a new arena of the creative arts. During his childhood, Kravitz was enthralled by cameras, playing with them like toys instead of taking photographs. In recent years photographer friends taught him the fundamentals of photography by using a Leica. Intrigued by the possibilities, Kravitz began creating his own works, featuring close attention to the nuances and effects created by light. As he, himself, had been endlessly photographed by photographers, paparazzi, and fans--his perspective on aesthetics was decidedly unique. In 'Flash', he captures the essence of what it's like to be a rock star who's constantly in the public eye. The result: an intense exploration of the photographer and his subject. SELLING POINTS: * This thrilling collection documents Kravitz's world tours, offering a rare record of the nomadic musical life * Flash signals an exciting new chapter in the annals of rock photography * A must-have for fans of Lenny Kravitzand all those fascinated by the world of contemporary celebrity 50 duotone photographs
Download or read book Dear Mr Picasso written by Fred Baldwin and published by Schilt Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Baldwin's life took a turn in the direction of the extraordinary when he decided to interview and photograph Pablo Picasso. In his last year of college, he delivered a letter with own drawings to the artist. This made Picasso laugh and open the door. Baldwin's life changed. He followed his dream, used his imagination, overcame fear, and acted - now he could accomplish anything. What followed were picture stories about reindeer migrations, a day and a night with the Ku Klux Klan, Nobel Prize coverage, cod fishing in Arctic Norway, polar bear expeditions. Then underwater images of the fight of hooked Marlin in Mexico - an homage to Hemingway. In 1963, Baldwin joined the Civil Rights Movement, photographing Martin Luther King. A two-year stint as Peace Corps director in Borneo was followed by more photojournalism in India and Afghanistan. This account takes the reader to high adventure worldwide, but also to disaster and failure. This illustrated love affair with freedom shows how a camera became a passport to the world.0Fred Baldwin was born in 1928 in Switzerland. After earning his B.A. degree from Columbia College, New York in 1956, he began a freelance photography career which continued until 1987. Baldwin worked for LIFE, National Geographic, GEO, STERN, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian Magazine, Newsweek, the New York Times and others.
Download or read book My Life with the Leica written by Walther Benser and published by Steyning Photo Books LLP. This book was released on 2006-11-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personalties around the Leica such as Ernst Leitz II, Oskar Barnack, Henri Dumur, Paul Wolff, Heinrich Stockler and Julius Behnke come to life again through Walther Benser's tales and recollections presented to us in a new light. The Leica lecture tours, started by Anton Baumann, soon became Benser's specialty with which he achieved world-wide recognition. He took his shows not only around Germany but also into neighboring countries even after he war had begun. As a result of his photographic activity he eventually became a war reporter. Then came the battle for survival, both during and after the war - and the Leica always played an important and often decisive role. Finally he resumed his lecture tours, earning great success across the continents, both for his own pictures and for the Leica. He then started his own business, which finally grew into a large color-picture agency. These are the stages in Walter Benser's life with the Leica, periods he lived through and helped to mold with every camera model, from the Leica I to the M6.
Download or read book Daughters written by Margaret M. De Lange and published by Trolley Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve years ago Norwegian photographer Margaret d Lange began to photograph what came as a natural subject matter to her - her daughters. Since then it has developed into a beautiful and highly regarded photographic series.
Download or read book The Power of Photography written by Peter Fetterman and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 120 incredible, moving photographs that reveal the power of photographyCurated by leading gallerist, Peter Fetterman"When I photograph, I project what I'm not. What I would like to be." - Lillian BassmanThe power of photography lies in its ability to ignite emotions across barriers of language and culture. This selection of iconic images, compiled by pioneering collector and gallerist Peter Fetterman, celebrates the photograph's unique capacity for sensibility. Peter has been championing the photographic arts for over 30 years. He runs what is arguably the most important commercial photography gallery in the world. During the long months of lockdown, Peter 'exhibited' one photograph per day, accompanied by inspirational text, quotes and poetry. This digital collection struck a chord with followers from around the world. The Power of Photography presents 120 outstanding images from the series, along with Peter's insightful words. This carefully curated selection offers an inspiring overview of the medium while paying homage to masters of the art. From the bizarre Boschian fantasies of Melvin Sokolsky to the haunting humanity of Ansel Adams's family portraits; from Miho Kajioka's interpretation of traditional Japanese aesthetics of to the joyful everyday scenes of Evelyn Hofer; from rare interior shots by famed nude photographer Ruth Bernhard to Bruce Davidson's wistful depiction of young men playing ballgames on a street; this book gathers some of the most unique and heartening photographs from the 20th century. Each image is a time capsule, offering us a glimpse into days gone past. Yet each photograph also speaks of tranquillity, peace, and hope for the future.
Download or read book Beaufort West written by Mikhael Subotzky and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When twenty-nine-year-old Lola Watson unexpectedly inherits a rambling house in the suburbs, she thinks her life just couldn’t be more perfect—until her new neighbors make her their “project,” a heartbroken high school friend crashes indefinitely at her house, and her younger sister announces she’s getting married, on Lola’s thirtieth birthday. Suddenly Lola’s not so keen on her newfound domestic bliss. But when she meets handsome, mysterious Ryan Moriarty, Lola dares to hope she’s found the perfect guy to one-up her sister and add a little spice back into her life. Karen McQuestion deftly blends romance and comedy in this delightful romp where love is discovered in the most unexpected of places.
