Leica Wall Calendar 2015 Announced

Submitted by Double Negative on November 5, 2014 - 9:47am

It's that time of year again - where the next year's Leica Wall Calendar is announced. The upcoming 2015 edition features designs by Thomas Hoepker, winner of the Leica Hall of Fame Awards 2014, which features a selection of 13 designs (color and black and white) from an extensive six decades of his life's work. The Leica Wall Calendar 2015 is an A3 format (420x297mm), published by teNeues, and is available in the Leica stores and LFI online shop. The suggested retail price is 24.95€ (about $31 USD). Read more below for full details!

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"Top Secret" Leica M Top Plates Surface

Submitted by Double Negative on November 4, 2014 - 8:46pm

The above picture was posted by Leica Store Firenze on their Facebook page with the simple caption, "top secret." These could be custom paint jobs, special editions in the making or a sign of things to come. One thing is clear - they belong to film bodies of some sort.

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10+ Free Street Photography eBooks

Submitted by Double Negative on November 3, 2014 - 7:50pm

Over on the Huffington Post (Arts & Culture) is an article worth checking out, called "10 Free Must-Read Street Photography eBooks." They're by various authors and cover a variety of subjects, but mostly street photography - and all free. What's not to like? Some of the authors are La Vida Leica fans, even - Alex Coghe and Chris Weeks to name a couple. Definitely worth checking out. Read more below for list and links!

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"Salt of the Earth" by Wenders/Salgado

Submitted by Double Negative on November 1, 2014 - 4:16pm

The German newspaper Westfälische Nachrichten reports on a collaborative Wim Wenders and Ribeiro Salgado (son of Sebastião Salgado) documentary film in a piece entitled, "The Salt of the Earth - the Power of Pictures" (in German). Read more below for translation!

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