Reportage

STORIES | November 19, 2024

Critical Minerals: Geography of Energy

Davide Monteleone

This year's winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Italian photographer Davide Monteleone, has not only compiled photographic works for his project, but has also accompanied the series with a film.

STORIES | September 30, 2024

Between the Worlds

Stephen Dupont

The Australian has been travelling to crisis areas around the world for over 30 years. We present a selection of his work and spoke with him about his most significant images, photographic mishaps, and the reports that left the strongest impressions.

STORIES | September 30, 2024

With the Alpaqueros

Alessandro Cinque

Alessandro Cinque’s current project led him to Peru’s highlands, where he explored the impact of climate change on traditional alpaca breeding with his Leica M10. The photographer’s intense imagery captures the faces and stories of the so-called alpaqueros, whose existence is dependent on the survival of these gentle animals.

STORIES | September 30, 2024

70 Years Leica M

A very special book marks this seventy year jubilee, looking back over a story full of innovation, passion and iconic moments – a celebration of the unique M feeling.

STORIES | September 30, 2024

Shadow of a Teenage Daydream

Sara Messinger

The American photographer’s series documents more than just the daily lives of youths in New York. It speaks in equal part about her own particular journey into life as an adult, breaking away from old ideas and revealing a world of acceptance and openness.

STORIES | September 30, 2024

On the Cover Photo

Alessandro Cinque

The cover picture of our latest issue was taken at an altitude of over 5200 meters. In this LFI story, the photographer talks about the intolerable reality to which alpaca breeders are exposed there.

STORIES | September 11, 2024

No Woman’s Land

Kiana Hayeri

Kiana Hayeri and Mélissa Cornet are the recipients of the prestigious Carmignac Photojournalism Award.

STORIES | August 16, 2024

Rev. Tinnie James

Greg Gulbransen

A small church in the Bronx is the setting for a photo project that not only centres around the house of worship, but also focuses primarily on people and their emotions.

STORIES | July 12, 2024

Yunan

Nicola Zolin

An impressive piece of contemporary history: with powerful black and white images, the photographer has spent a number of years documenting the situation at the outer borders of the EU. 

STORIES | July 9, 2024

Book tip: When Cages Fly

Kiana Hayeri

The photo book by the 2022 LOBA winner offers glimpses into the closed world of women's prisons in Afghanistan. It is, above all, an emotional document about the dramatic situation in a country that has been suffering for decades.

STORIES | July 2, 2024

The infinite anguish of the Warao

Nicola Zolin

The Warao were once a people closely connected to nature, who lived in the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. The catastrophic conditions in their homeland, however, are forcing them to migrate. Nicola Zolin portrayed this proud community faced with an uncertain future. 

STORIES | July 2, 2024

Between Tint and Shade

Teresa Freitas

The pictures by the young Portuguese photographer Teresa Freitas are otherworldly: using delicate pastel colours, she creates oases of carefree pleasure and relaxation right in the heart of the French capital. Her pursuit of colour runs through her whole oeuvre.