Leitz Park
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Become a Witness to a Century
On a Leica Time Travel through 100 Years of Modern Photography
1914
NYC illustration, Art Deco style
Oskar Barnack illustration
Black-and-white image, half-timbered house in Wetzlar town centre
The Ur-Leica
The World in Motion
1925
Illustration of Ernst Leitz II
N°126
Black-and-white image, Leitz factories trade fair stand
Leica I
1932
Vintage Leica Advert
Vintage Leica Advert
Leica II
1933
Hindenburg Camera
Black-and-white image, view of the world’s most famous airship from underneath
Illustration of Leitz factory
Leica III
1939
The crew of a Messerschmitt Me 110 destroyer on an airfield along the Channel coast, standing in front of their aircraft
Black and white motif, an aeroplane that has crashed hanging in a destroyed building
Stylised portrait of Elsie Kühn-Leitz
Stylised signature of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Black and white motif, graphic image of marching soldiers by the sea
Under the Shadow of War
1945
Symbol of the “Fall of Victory” flag
Black and white motif, soldier kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York
Black and white portrait of Alfred Eisenstaedt
1949
Black and white motif, Andreas Feininger looks at a negative through a magnifying glass
Illustration of 100 years of the Leitz factory
New Horizons
1953
White letter M
Portrait of Willi Stein
The first Summicron
1954
M2 side view
ASA dial
Black and white portrait of Elliott Erwitt with a dog
Black and white motif, man skipping across the struts of the Eiffel Tower
People
M3 side view
1959
White star
Iconic black and white portrait of Che Guevara
Black and white motif, man stealing a sword from a moving car
The first Summilux
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The Journey Continues Shortly:
Concerning Visions of Change Within a Constructed World