LFIMagazine05/2016

LFI Magazine 05/2016

• Leica Classics: Distilled Perfection. Happy Birthday, Mr. Gundlach! The grand master of fashion photography and important collector turns 90.
  
  Portfolio: London Street Life. Human, all too human: Matt Stuart’s curious street photography in the British capital.
  
  Essay: Hostile Coexistence. Violence and aesthetics: Lorenzo Tugnoli speaks about his pictures from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
  
  Feature: In Full Bloom. “I love to compose things”. Equipped with the Leica S006, Rui Faria produced a minimalistic fashion spread.
  
  Leica world: Leica M-D. A digital camera without a display? A slip-up at quality control or an April Fool’s joke? Neither: the new Leica M-D is a homage to to the essence of photography.
  
  Leica world: Noise reduction. Photon noise in digital photography is unavoidable: Leica has opted for a strategy that reduces noise, regardless of the ISO setting selected.
  
  Leica world: Apple vs Huawei. Huawei has developed the camera for its P9 smartphone together with Leica. Does the ‘Dual Lens Camera’ take better shots than the latest iPhone?
  
  Reportage: Giants in Trouble. Alvaro Ybarra Zavala accompanied Wild Life Foundation rangers through the Kenyan savannah.
  
  Project: Before and After. Fists, adrenalin and heavy punches: boxer portraits by Tomek Lendo, before and after the fights.
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