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Ralph Gibson's new book “MONO,” which features images taken with the Leica M Monochrom, was released on December 11 at the Leica Store Lisse. Also announced at the event was the exclusive, limited edition Leica M Monochrom "Ralph Gibson" which we scooped back at the end of November.

Leica Camera teamed up with the Miami Street Photography Festival to help bring back photography into Art Basel Miami. Featured events included portraits by Mark Mann with the Leica S-System and workshops with the Leica Akademie. Art Basel Miami was held on December 3 - December 8, 2013.

As in our last, sad video of gear destruction - Just Like the Pros - Almost - this one also ends in carnage. Photographer Chase Jarvis has a slight mishap while experimenting with the DJI Phantom drone and Sony RX100II camera in Iceland. Moral of the story? Don't experiment with drones, especially those carrying cameras - near water. Oops. This one was definitely NOT staged.

We have another "behind the scenes" with the Leica S-System to show you - though not with the Red Cross this time. Red Bull Illume joins photographer Markus Berger on this studio shoot with Red Bull's winter athletes. The concept was to create a set of unique action shots and portraits with a continuous theme that revealed the athletes as individuals but also part of a team. Each athlete was shot "in action," sometimes using climbing ropes to hold them in place. The shoot also included a light-hearted and experimental aspect to showcase the athlete's individual character.

See the Leica S2 in action - Tom Stoddart of Reportage by Getty Images worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross on their latest campaign 'Towards a Solution'. Go behind the scenes of the shoot in this video to hear how it came about from conceptualization to execution. See here for the full story.

Follow along with this intrepid photographer, who shows us how to mount and unmount his $2,300 USD Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens quickly, with one hand... Just before he drops it on the concrete! Don't be that guy. Read more below for update!