Event

As we wrote about earlier, rumors pointed to a new Leica camera at PhotoPlus Expo. Today was the opening day of the PhotoPlus Expo which is taking place at the Javits Center in NYC. Today Leica has announced a "reimagined" D-Lux 6 camera available in high-gloss black and silver finish. Read more below for full details, specifications and additional images!

Well, it does have some Leica cameras in it... An M, MP, C, Edition Hermés and a few others.

Experience the Leica X Vario in this creative challenge for 120 participants in 4 cities. The Leica X Vario City Challenge is a coast to coast Leica Camera photo competition with a twist! Leica fans in four cities— New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Miami—can compete for the chance to win a Leica X Vario among many other valuable prizes. 30 lucky participants in each city will be invited to shoot with a Leica X Vario during the City Challenge. Sign up quickly, be creative, select your favorite image, and submit it to the competition. Read more below for full details.

The Italian photographer Paolo Pellegrin has been awarded (in German) the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize from the German Photographic Association (DGPh). The award ceremony took place on October 12 in the Raum für Fotografie Zephyr, Mannheim. The prize is awarded in honor of Dr. Erich Salomon, the great photographer of the Weimar Republic. Since 1971, it is presented each year for "exemplary use of photography in journalism". Leica Camera is proud partner of the award. Alfred Schopf, CEO, awarded Paolo Pellegrin with an engraved Leica M Monochrom. Pellegrin is a member of Magnum and has received numerous awards, including ten World Press Photo Awards.

You may recall that Paolo Pellgrin stirred some controversy when he suddenly found himself under intense scrutiny in the photo blog world after a picture he took in Rochester, NY that won him 2nd at POYi, 2nd at WPP and 1st as Photographer Of The Year was deemed to not show what it purports to show by Michael Shaw and co-contributors at BagNewNotes. Read more below for translation.

Leica Camera and the Stephen Bartels Gallery collaborate to bring you the SBG Summer Exhibition - which opens on Monday, September 2 and runs until Saturday, September 14, 2013 for two weeks. The latest works by emerging and established Leica photographers represented by The Stephen Bartels Gallery will be exhibited at the Leica Studio-S in Mayfair. Read more below for details!

Adorama in NYC will be holding a "Special Event/Leica Day" at their store in Manhattan (55 West 17th Street) on Thursday, September 12, 2013 from 2pm to 8pm (EST). Read more below for the full invite, highlights and how to register!