A trip to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, led the Italian photographer, Clara Vannucci, to a foreign and yet – due to its colonial history – familiar country.
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Lieven Engelen – A New Spring Has Arrived
BEHIND THE SCENES
15.08.2017
"Despite its name, the Aral Sea was once the fourth largest land-locked lake on earth. Industry flourished along its shores and people lived from fishing. Men went out in their boats while women processed the catch in factories. Then an environmental crisis of biblical proportions developed."
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Udo Weger – Start Me Up!
INTERVIEW
13.08.2017
On September 9, 2017, the Rolling Stones will be playing one of the three NoFilter tour concerts in Germany, in Hamburg. On the occasion of this performance, LFI will be hosting an exhibition of 1982 pictures of the Rolling Stones taken by the Hanover photographer, Udo Weger, and unpublished to date. The vernissage will take place on September 8 at 19:00.
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Frédéric Stucin – Diane
ONE PHOTO - ONE STORY
11.08.2017
You can assume that everything was thoughtfully put together – make-up, costume, jewellery – all arranged to perfectly match the actual highlight: the headpiece. Frédéric Stucin was not at some important fashion event, but at a horse race in France.
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Terje Abusdal – Leica Oskar Barnack Award: the 2017 Winner
ONE PHOTO - ONE STORY
09.08.2017
Terje Abusdal is the winner of the 2017 Leica Oskar Barnack Award. To get one particular picture for his Slash&Burn series, he spent a long winter’s night in a forest known to harbour wolves.
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Sergey Melnitchenko – Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award Newcomer 2017
ONE PHOTO - ONE STORY
09.08.2017
Sergey Melnitchenko is the winner of the 2017 Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award. One of the pictures in his award-winning Behind the Scenes series is among his favourites.
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Wuales – Nude Silhouettes
INTERVIEW
04.08.2017
It is only after taking a closer look that the viewer may recognise the outline of a woman’s hips that, combined with other parts of the body, serve to create a new silhouette. The exhibition, NudeSilhouettes, with pictures by Swiss photographer Wuales, will be on display at the Leica Gallery in Salzburg, from August 11 to October 14, 2017.
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Jean „Johnny“ Pigozzi – Pool Party
PHOTO STORIES
02.08.2017
The French manufacturer, philanthropist and art collector Jean “Johnny” Pigozzi photographed his jet-set friends and acquaintances by the pool at his home in Antibes. LFI 6/2017, with a portfolio of Pigozzi’s work, appears on August 11.
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Johannes Huwe – Salt, gasoline and adrenaline
INTERVIEW
26.07.2017
On June 24, 2017, the Vintage Hot Rod Association launched the fifth edition of their two-day race at Pendine Sands, Wales. Johannes Huwe was there with his Leica MP.
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Jens Umbach – Curious cyclists
ONE PHOTO - ONE STORY
20.07.2017
This picture of curious passers-by arose while the German photographer, Jens Umbach, was in Afghanistan in 2014, realising his TheAfghans photo project.
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