2. 100 years of the Leica camera

4. In 1914 optical engineer Oskar Barnack was working for Ernst
Leitz when he designed the very first Leica, the Leitz Camera, or
so-called Ur-Leica. The small handheld camera, one of the first to
use 35mm film, finally went into production in 1925 following a
long delay caused by World War One. It went on to revolutionise
photography in the hands of the first photojournalists who set out
to record the world on the brink of change.

6. 100 years of Leica, 100 years of history:
The Hindenburg conquers the skies, the Russians conquer Berlin,
and James Dean conquers the hearts of women. Always on the spot
at such decisive moments were photographers who had an eye for
the visual impact of the scene – and a Leica in their hands.

7. LZ 129 “Hindenburg” at its mooring mast at Rhine-
Main airport, Dr. Paul Wolff and Alfred Tritschler,
1936

8. 1953. “The Painter of the Eiffel Tower”,
Paris. Marc Riboud / Magnum Photos

9. New York, Ernst Leitz II, 1914

10. Flood in Wetzlar, Oskar Barnack, 1920

11. Self-portrait in mirrors, Ilse Bing, 1931

12. Oskar Barnack at his workplace, Julius Huisgen, 1934

13. Sunday on the banks of the river Marne. 1938. Photograph: Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos

14. Death of a Loyalist Soldier , Robert Capa, 1936

15. Harlem race riots, New York, 1964.Photograph: Neil Libbert

16. Normandy, 6 June 1944. Photograph: Robert Capa/Magnum Photos

17. South Vietnamese forces follow terrified children, including nine-year-old Kim Phuc, centre, as they run down Route1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on
suspected Viet Cong hiding places on 8 June 1972. Photograph: Nick Ut/Associated Press

18. Hyeres, 1932. Photograph: Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

19. 2000. New York City. From his phototoons series.Elliott Erwitt

20. Portugal, 1976. Photograph: Josef Koudelka/Magnum Photos

21. Children in the gorbals, Glasgow, 1948. Photograph: Ben Hardy/Hulton/Getty

22. Overcrowded housing in London’s Elephant and Castle in 1948. Hardy modified his Leica so it would perform better in low light conditions. Photograph: Ben
Hardy/Hulton/Getty

23. Sailor kissing the nurse’, New York, 14 August 1945.
Photograph: Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture
Collection/Getty

24. 42nd Street, New York City, 1960. A long-time Observer photographer, Neil Libbert used a Leica M3 camera with a 35m Summicron lens. Photograph: Neil Libbert

25. Caravan park in Kerry, 2013. Photograph: John Naughton

26. Russian soldiers flying the Red Flag, made from table cloths, over the ruins of the Reichstag in Berlin, 1945. Photograph: Yevgeny Khaldei/Getty Images

27. Girl with Leica, Alexander Rodchenko, 1934

28. London, Inge Morath, 1953

29. Guardia Civil, W. Eugene Smith, 1950

30. Self-portrait, UMBO (aka Otto Umbehr), 1952

31. New York, Louis Stettner, 1954

32. James Dean on Times Square, Dennis Stock,

33. Regular guest at the Café Hawelka, Vienna, Franz
Hubmann, 1956–57

34. The dwarf , Bruce Davidson, 1958

35. The stolen sword, Robert Lebeck, 1960

36. Che Guevara, Alberto Korda, 1960

37. Wild horses in Kenya, Professor Ulrich Mack, 1964

38. 1966. Chicago, IL. Muhammad Ali, boxing
world heavy weight champion showing
off his right fist. Thomas Hoepker-
Magnum

39. Man with bandage, Fred Herzog, 1968

40. New York City, Elliott Erwitt, 1974

41. San Cristobál, René Burri, 1976

42. Swimming pool designed by Alain Capeilières, Martine Franck, 1976

43. Waterloo (from the “Roots” cycle), Harry Gruyaert, 1981

44. England , Gianni Berengo Gardin, 1977

45. From the “Feine Leute” cycle , Herlinde Koelbl, 1985

46. Under a grudging sun , Alex Webb, 1986–1988

47. Perfect peace , Kai Wiedenhöfer, 1994

48. Sidewalk , Jeff Mermelstein, 1995

49. 1998. JAPAN. Asakasa. George Abe, right,
an ex-Yakuza member and celebrity writer.
Yakuza model themselves on American
gangster fashion from 1950s. Bruce Gilden/
Magnum Photos

50. Hollywood Beach (from the “American Colors” cycle) , Constantine Manos, 2006

51. Vertigo (from the “Silenzio!” cycle), François Fontaine, 2012 (Courtesy A. Galerie, Paris)

52. 1932. Paris, France. Place de l'Europe. Gare Saint Lazare. Henri Cartier-
Bresson

53. Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 2012 Jacob Aue Sobol, Magnum

54. 1960. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rene Burri

55. American soldiers dash for a helicopter at Khe Sanh in 1968 in a picture taken by David Douglas Duncan on the record-breaking Leica

56. Parade Hoboken, New Jersey 1955, Robert Frank

57. Untitled, 1963, Larry Clark

58. Spain, Andalucia. Seville. 1933. Henri Cartier-Bresson

59. Greater Burhan Oil Field, Kuwait, 1991, Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas Images/nbpictures

60. Santa Monica, California. 1955. Elliott Erwitt Magnum Photos

61. 1976. Marlon Brando fascinated by a dragonfly, Apocalypse Now, Pagsanjan, Philippines. Mary Ellen Mark

62. Main street of Corleone, Sicily, 1959. Sergio Larraín

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