Chinese artist and fake-maker Liao Yibai (1971, China) is the creator of the Fake Leica series of model cameras; oversized stainless steel sculptures, glistening with mirror finishes and minutely perfect details. The one-off huge version weighs 350 kilograms (770 pounds) and displayed at our flagship store in Hollywood. Growing up during the late 1970s in […]
Andy Summers is largely known as the lead guitar player from the celebrated rock band, The Police. What isn’t common knowledge is that when he wasn’t on stage performing for stadiums full of fans, he and his camera were documenting life on the road with The Police and the cities where touring led the band. […]
At age 22, Astrid Kirchherr, a fashion and art school graduate, accompanied her bohemian friends to the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, Germany to hear some new rock and roll played by a young group of musicians from Liverpool, England. Kirchherr was overwhelmed by what she saw and heard: “It was like a merry-go-round in my […]
Photographer and film producer Yariv Milchan grew up with Hollywood for his backyard, surrounded by the magic and wonder of the filmmaking world and its beautiful movie star inhabitants. Yariv’s photographs always share a depth and beauty, whether he focuses his lens on the stunning California landscape or the sinuous curvature of a woman’s back. […]
Mary Ellen Mark’s photographs are renowned the world over and span the genres of NY Street photography, photojournalism and portraiture. Her main interest has always been social issues that this career survey of 50 iconic gelatin silver prints embodies. The Leica Gallery Los Angeles exhibition will present prints from her NY street images and iconic “Indian […]
Seal, a self proclaimed “photography geek,” and ambassador for Leica, views his photographic practice as a means of “connecting” to people and “stopping time.” His favorite subjects are people and portraiture. Seal has been a loyal Leica Camera collector for 25 years. He started shooting 35mm on the original M3, and now uses a range […]