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BRUCE GILDEN 8 “I always was and will always remain a black & white photographer,” Bruce Gilden has declared. The Magnum photographer caused a sensation when he returned from Haiti with colour pictures!

MARTIN HERRERA SOLER 60 In Peñarol, the ‘railway’ district of Montevideo, every- thing takes longer. With nostalgic images, Martin Herrera Soler documented the quiet that has descended over the once lively neighbourhood.

TECH TALK

NEW: LEICA V-LUX 3 28 Thanks to a new sensor, the compact camera with the gigantic 24 x Vario lens promises more picture quality – above all in the higher ISO levels.

DEPTH OF FIELD – AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE 38 Evaluating and controlling the resolution of picture details, made easy with Harold M. Merklinger’s circle of resolution concept.

IMAGE CREATION 48 Part 12 in our workshop series with Torsten Andreas Hoffmann: Composition with various picture layers.

SPECIAL: LEICA AND BLACKSTONE 54 Locust or honey bee? What does US financial investor Blackstone stand for, and what are the possible consequences of his involvement in Leica?

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Bruce Gilden: Makeshift shelter in Haiti, 2010 (p. 8) EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 New: Super zoom camera Leica V-Lux 3 (p. 28) Martin Herrera Soler: Employee of the National Railway BOOKS 6 Company AFE in Peñarol, Montevideo, Uruguay (p. 60) EXHIBITIONS 26 LFI READERS’ GALLERY 72 PREVIEW / IMPRINT 74 Bruce Gilden: Haiti, 2010

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ALEX WEBB 8 “I like Chicago because it is not New York,” Alex Webb explains. The Magnum photographer speaks about street photography, his work tools and his intuition.

SAUL LEITER 22 At Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen the complete works of the New York artist are being presented for the first time anywhere in the world. The exhibit includes Saul Leiter’s surprising and timeless colour photographs.

KIERAN DOHERTY 52 From 2007 to 2011, the small town of Wootton Bassett in southern England became a symbol of mourning for fallen British soldiers. Kieran Doherty photographed the solemn ceremonials along the high street.

TECH TALK

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 28 Cambodia with an M9, Super--M 21 mm f/3.4 Asph and -M 50 mm f/1.4 Asph. A travelogue by Peter Lück.

A CLASSIC OF LENS DESIGN 40 Leica historian Bahman Bawendi speaks about the Thambar 9 cm f/2.2 soft focus lens.

IMAGE CREATION 46 Part 13 of our workshop series with Torsten Andreas Hoffmann: Clouds as an element of composition.

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Kieran Doherty: from the ‘Wootton Bassett’ series (p. 52) Travel combo 21 and 50 mm (p. 28) EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 Alex Webb: from the ‘Second City’ series, 2011 (p. 8) BOOKS 6 EXHIBITIONS 26 OBITUARY: EVE ARNOLD, 1912–2012 64 Alex Webb: from the PREVIEW / IMPRINT 66 ‘Second City’ series, 2011

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CONSTANTINE MANOS 10 In 1965, Constantine Manos accompanied a United States delegation to Moscow. With a few exceptions, the pictures he shot outside of the official assignment were unpublished till now.

TOMAS MUNITA 26 The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the driest areas in the world. Tomas Munita’s photo series shows how the fight over water defines the life of both the people and the landscape.

TECH TALK

M SYSTEM LENSES 40 The M range includes 21 lenses. From super high speed to super compact, and with focal lengths between 16 and 135 mm, there’s something for every taste. The quality in each case is first class, as you’ll see in the examples we’re giving here.

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY 60 Swiss photographer Marie-Louise Cadosch has a weakness for anything retro. Using an M9 and exclusively for the first time in a project, she staged a fashion series in the style of the 1950’s.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 64 Often mundane yet full of powerful imagery, daily life in public places is like the El Dorado for street photographers. Four of them speak about their motifs and their methodology.

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Constantine Manos: Moscow 1965 (p. 10) M range: The lightweight 28 mm f/2.8, the heavyweight 50 mm f/0.95 (p. 40) EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 Tomás Munita: in the Atacama desert (p. 26) BOOKS 6 EXHIBITIONS 38 LFI READERS’ GALLERY 80 Constantine Manos: 82 PREVIEW / IMRPINT from the ‘Moscow 1965’ series

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JACOB AUE SOBOL 8 By train from Moscow to Beijing, equipped with a brand new Monochrom and Apo--M 50 mm f/2 Asph combo: a stirring series in black & white.

CHIEN-CHI CHANG 56 Countless immigrant workers live in New York’s Chinatown in inhuman conditions. What tourists don’t see – the Magnum photographer’s touching, long-term documentation project.

TECH TALK

LEICA M MONOCHROM 26 Leica enthusiasts have been thinking about it for a long time, and now it’s become reality: a digital M with black & white sensor. We talk about and demonstrate its qualitative advantage.

APO-SUMMICRON-M 50 MM F/2 ASPH 36 This shows how sharp it can get when the art of error correction is pushed to the max. The new 50 mm Apo-Summicron is the best standard lens ever built.

LEICA X2 44 A model upgrade for Leica’s classy compact camera: new sensor, much improved auto-focus, ergonomic optimization.

CENTRAL SHUTTER 48 All S lenses are immediately available with a central shutter. We explain all about the mechatronical masterpiece.

FURTHER LEICA NOVELTIES 52 V-Lux 40 with 20x zoom. S Adapter H to connect Hasselblad H lenses to the S2. M9-P »Edition Hermès«.

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Jacob Aue Sobol: Moscow, 2012 (p. 8) EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 The new (p. 26) Chien-Chi Chang: from ‘Chinatown’, 1996–2007 (p. 56) BOOKS 6 EXHIBITIONS 70 LFI READERS’ GALLERY 72 PREVIEW / IMPRINT 74 Jacob Aue Sobol: Moscow, 2012

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ADRIANA ZEHBRAUSKAS 10 “I just had to see for myself” – the Brazilian photo- grapher dared venture into the Tepito district of Mexico City – a district full of violence, drugs and danger.

WERNER BISCHOF 24 Midway between tradition and modernism: Tokyo in 1951. For a number of weeks, the Magnum photographer accompanied two students, resulting in close-up, documentary-like impressions.

MICHAEL RUETZ 60 With pictures taken of dogs over a span of fifty years, the photographer gets to the very essence of dogly existence: la condition canine.

TECH TALK

PHOTO BAGS 36 The amount of transport articles for cameras and lenses has become simply unmanageable. We selected a couple of compact bags that we, as M users, would consider carrying.

A CLASSIC OF LENS DESIGN 50 Leica historian Bahman Bawendi speaks about the early variations of the Summicron 90 mm f/2, starting 1951.

PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPHY 56 PT4Pano manufactures tailor-made solutions for specific combinations of cameras and lenses, which make it easy to take precise panorama pictures even with an M.

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EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 Werner Bischof: Michiko Jinuma, Tokyo, 1951 (page 24) LEICA AWARD 4 Photo bags for many tastes (page 36) Adriana Zehbrauskas: from the ‘Tepito’ series, Mexiko City (page 10) BOOKS 8 EXHIBITIONS 34 LFI READERS’ GALLERY 72 Adriana Zehbrauskas: PREVIEW / IMPRINT 74 from the ‘Tepito’ series, Mexiko City

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JAKOB BERR 8 Cyclones, climate change and overfishing threaten the existence of fishermen in the Gulf of Bengal. Berr’s powerful black & white images document their simple but tough everyday life.

STEFAN BLADH 22 Swedish photographer Stefan Bladh was one of the finalists of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2012. We present a selection from his surreal series, ‘Stasis’.

TECH TALK

MOBILE IMAGE PROCESSING 38 Apple’s iPad is a popular gadget for looking at pictures wherever you happen to be; but is it also a good tool for retouching or for DNG development? We give the relevant apps a close scrutiny.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 44 In his pictures, Andreas Herzau creates an image of the present that can be read at many levels. We take a look at his most recent projects, photo- graphed in Switzerland and in Moscow.

IMAGE CREATION 56 Part 14 of our workshop series with Torsten Andreas Hoffmann: Night Photography.

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Jakob Berr: from the ‘Jelera – Bengal’s Fishermen’ series, 2008 (page 8) EDITORIAL / PHOTO NEWS 4 Image processing apps on the iPad (page 38) Stefan Bladh: from the ‘Stasis’ series, since 2008 (page 22) BOOKS 6 EXHIBITIONS 36 LFI READERS’ GALLERY 64 Jakob Berr: from the ‘Jelera – VORSCHAU / IMPRESSUM 66 Bengal’s Fishermen’ series, 2008

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04 EDITORIAL PHOTO SCENE LEICA WORLD AP photographer Nick Ut received the Leica Hall 50 A NEW ERA: of Fame Award on Septem- THE NEW LEICA M ber 17 at Photokina’s eve Leica’s flag ship – a cam- era with tradition and 06 BOOKS radical new technology New photo books by Ryan McGinley, Candida 58 THE LEICA M-E Höfer, Elliott Erwitt and The newest member of Walker Evans the M family: a slimmed- down version of the M9 80 EXHIBITIONS fotofever Brussels & New- 60 THE topia – young, aspiring At heart unchanged, and unconventional, and but with many optimized why Human Rights are components still a dream for the future

The mining of rare earth metals seems light years away from the 64 NEW S LENSES READERS’ GALLERY 84 high tech products they are needed for (starting p. 26) Leica expands the S sys- Red shirt photography tem with 3 new lenses and taken by LFI readers one ancillary lens

86 MY PICTURE 8 | Open Minded 66 THE D-LUX 6 Danish photographer Jens Erdman Rasmussen, curator at Det Nationale A compact with an ex- Jacob Aue Sobol speaks tremely fast zoom lens about a motif that brought Fotomuseum in , speaks about the past and him back to photography present situation of photography in . 70 THE V-LUX 4 IMPRINT With everything it takes 12 | Dead Traffic to be the secret star of Leica’s compact range Over a decade after the civil war, Danish photographer Kim Thue presents everyday life for youths and their gangs 72 X2 PAUL SMITH in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. British designer Paul Smith has given the Leica 26 | Price of the Future X2 a new outfit The mining of coveted rare earth metals takes 73 X A LA CARTE Cover photo: from the place in the furthest reaches of China – a photo reportage One-of-a-kind cameras ‘Dead Traffic’ series by by Véronique de Viguerie and Manon Querouil. thanks to a choice of Kim Thue (starting p. 12) leather coverings and in- dividual engravings 38 | No Man’s Land Fences and walls give the world structure yet create a chaotic conglomerate – good enough reason for Robert McCann to photograph them time and time again.

42 | Right Between the Eyes There are few subjects as captivating for the viewer as the human face. Peer Kugler’s straightforward portraits stand The Leica M with a 24 out because of their severe and formal emphasis. mega- CMOS sensor (starting p. 50) 76 | Araki: Love by Leica Love is the force that drives him, leading to both productivity and provocation: Araki, one of the most influen- tial representatives of Japanese photography.

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04 EDITORIAL PHOTO SCENE LEICA WORLD A large selection of images flood the banks of the 62 THE NEW V-LUX 4 Seine: Paris Photo takes PUT TO THE TEST place in November Out and about with Leica’s compact camera 06 BOOKS with extremely bright New photo books by 24x zoom: The V-Lux Anders Petersen, Ester is a camera to be taken Vonplon, and about the very seriously Gernsheim Collection and the Prix Pictet 2012 66 UPON PAPER A large-format art mag- 76 EXHIBITIONS azine wallows in colours Carmignac Gestion and images – a worthy Awards winner Robin homage to fine art and to Hammond documents the medium of paper life in Zimbabwe 68 PHOTOKINA 2012 Capturing the magic moment before it disappears again into the mundane – READERS GALLERY MINIATURES 80 photographer Herbie Yamaguchi explores London and Japan (page 26) How LFI readers use sur- Bags, tools and other use- faces, lines and axis of ful photographic utensils. reflection to create images A selection of finds from Photokina 2012 8 | Increased Awareness 82 MY PICTURE Bruce Gilden remembers Collector, gallery owner and salesman, Peter Coeln, his first successful flash is central to the Austrian photo scene. We talk about his street photograph way to Leica, Viennese solutions and future plans. IMPRINT 12 | Blues in the Delta The downfall of the once flourishing region can be seen everywhere. Even so, the Mississippi Delta is rich – Out and about in lousy rich in warmth, hospitality and traditions. weather with the V-Lux 4 and its super zoom 26 | Hikari People at the forefront: photographer Herbie Cover photo: from Mag- Yamaguchi captures images that reflect their dignity and dalena Solé’s ‘Mississippi beauty – whether in London or in his homeland of Japan. Delta’ series (page 12) 40 | Project Cocktail Brett Prestidge: Iceland – the fascinating volcanic island, Oliver Rüthers: Sparkling photos (page 46), Bjørn Wad: A new way of looking at age (page 50).

52 | Outdoors Jonas Bendiksen and Marcus Felix Hofschulz out and about with the S system: the handling, robustness and quick, intuitive navigation of the Leica S are impressive.

72 | Martine Franck Thanks to the camera, the photographer with a clear eye for humanitarian problems and everyday life situations, found her own way to face life and the world.

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