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04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE The Lucie Awards celebrate their ten-year jubilee

06 BOOKS New photo books by Michael Somoroff, Phillip Toledano, Jessica Back-haus, as well as the ‘AM Projects’ book box

08 TALKING WITHOstkreuz Agency photog-rapher Ute Mahler about collective projects and reality in pictures

84 CLASSICS Gianni Berengo Gardin has influenced Italian photojournalism like no other

88 EXHIBITIONSThe Jazz Loft Project rediscovers vintage pho-tos of jazz legends taken by W. Eugene Smith

92 READERS’ GALLERY Curious, concentrated, coquettish – what expressions LFI readers see in the eyes of others

94 MY PICTUREMagnum photographer Thomas Hoepker speaks about his close encounter with Muhammed Ali’s fistIMPRINT

12 | The Future is nowPresident for the fourth time: Oscar B. Castillo and Boris

Muñoz were there during Hugo Chávez’s electoral campaign – impressions of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.

26 | Into the WildTravelling through Death Valley, Polish

photographer Szymon Szcze!niak encountered a variety of recluses and drop-outs.

40 | ProjectsCotton Coulson bonded with the M Monchrom just

like he did with his first Leica, an M3; Jenny & Lee take the S2 into the lively world of London’s Ridley Road.

48 | Music PhotographyThe spirit of a musical era: 40 years ago, Jim

Marshall accompanied The Rolling Stones on their legendary North American tour.

72 | Lenses in FocusThe Summicron-M 28 mm f/2 Asph is the evergreen

of the M family. Its high speed makes it universally appli-cable – the perfect tool for Marco del Pra’.

76 | Child GoddessesLiving in a golden cage: In Nepal, young girls are chosen

to become Kumaris, to be worshipped as incarnations of a mother goddess. A reportage by Uwe Dürigen.

Cover photo: from the Venezuela reportage by Oscar B. Castillo (p. 12)

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56 THE M MONOCHROM’S LITTLE QUIRKS

What you need to keep in mind to take the best pictures with Leica’s black & white camera

61 THE M MONOCHROM’S DYNAMIC RANGE

The particularities of the M Monochrom’s dynamic range

64 M SENSORHow the Max sensor and Maestro processor came about – the leading brains behind the development share their perspectives in an interview with LFI

68 NEWSCalendars and more to celebrate the New Year; Leica’s new digiscop- ing adapters; a clever camera strap made out of a recycled seat belt

The M Monochrom: a real M – but with its own rules

A road movie consisting of individual shots: Szymon Szcze!niaks explores the edge of civilization in California’s Death Valley (page 26)

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12 | Heirs of ManasA foreign world on the periphery of Western

awareness: Magnum photographer Jean Gaumy explores Kyrgyzstan with the Leica M.

26 | Christ Seeks a HomeMany members of Palestine’s ancient

Christian communities are emigrating – Andy Spyra and Christian H. Meier report.

38 | ProjectA cheerful interplay of colour and form,

back and foreground: Werner Mansholt spends a week in Tiflis with his M9.

42 | Scenes on SetCoincidence led Brigitte Lacombe to a career as

a set-photographer – director Martin Scorsese never shoots a film without her.

68 | Down on the FarmWhat could lead a young couple to trade their

apartment in the city for life on a farm? A long term photography project by Marcus Reichmann.

80 | ClassicsStefan Kruckenhauser: the small-format pioneer and

developer of modern skiing techniques has changed our understanding of alpine landscape photography.

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Andy Spyra: the joyful celebration of a christening is an increasingly rare occasion in the Christian communities of Palestine (page 26)

The new Leica M put to the test: living up to our highest expectations

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE Tim Hetherington Grant for Fernando Moleres; photography festival Circulation(s) at the Parc de Bagatelle in Paris

06 BOOKS New photo books by Andreas Gursky, Christer Strömholm, Kirill Golovchenko and Rena Effendi

08 TALKING WITHAzu Nwagbogu, founder and director of Lagos- Photo Festival, strives to change the Western view of Africa

84 EXHIBITIONSA première for Austria: photography museum WestLicht presents a ret-rospective of Roger Ballen

88 READERS GALLERY Thunder spirits and tow- ering clouds: LFI readers capture the storm

90 MY PICTUREGerman photographer Jessica Backhaus describes her first photo shoot with her actress mother

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Cover photo: from the Kyrgyzstan portfolio by Jean Gaumy (page 12)

52 LEICA M: THE FIRST PRACTICAL TEST

Two LFI editors have put Leica’s new flagship camera to the test, and were extremely pleased with the results, both in terms of functionality as well as image quality

63 WHO NEEDS GPS?Once considered a mere gimmick for con-sumer cameras, now a popular professional tool: GPS components

66 NEWSA professional range of photo printing papers by German manufac- turer Sihl, and a mobile flash reflector system by Sunbounce

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12 | Dreaming of UtopiaFor decades, the Kurdish people have been fighting

for autonomy. The Syrian civil war could now bring the world’s largest stateless nation closer to their goal.

28 | The Holy MenAsceticism and meditation are their life, enlighten-

ment is their goal: An unusual portrait series on Hindu beggar monks by Manuel Uebler.

40 | Heart to HeartWhen his daughter was born with a heart defect,

Christian Wyss hardly dared hope that documenting her life would turn into a long-term project.

44 | Hello, Mr. PresidentJohn F. Kennedy’s visit to Germany in 1963 resembled

a triumphal victory parade, sparking off a media frenzy. Ulrich Mack reported from the front row.

66 | After the StormFrench forces quickly put an end to the conflicts in

Mali – but it seems like the African country is still rather a long way from achieving peace.

80 | A Universal LanguageInge Morath, second female member of the Magnum

agency, was driven by her curiosity for foreign cultures. The Leica photographer would have turned 90 on 27 May.

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Together with their French allies, Malian troops have driven Islamists from the north of the country – but what now? (page 66)

The new Leica M: sym-metrically designed with an extra-large red dot

54 LEICA M: THE M DELIVERS

Leica’s new flagship model has been on the market since the end of February. LFI has taken a closer look at the most recent camera model. How the new technology in the classic rangefinder camera works.

60 R-S-ADAPTORVery long focal lengths are still missing from the range of S lenses – luckily R lenses starting at 180 mm can now step into the breach

64 NEWSWide-angle converters for R lenses offer increased speed and compatibility with mirrorless cameras

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE Swedish photographer Paul Hansen took the World Press Photo 2012 in the Gaza Strip

06 BOOKS New books by Andrea Diefenbach, Tomasz Gudzowaty, Vivian Maier, and Helga Paris

08 TALKING WITHDaniel Power created the New York Photo Festival in answer to photography events in Europe – yet its future is uncertain

84 EXHIBITIONSKoos Breukel and Roy Villevoye travelled to a remote area of Indone- sia, where time seems to have stood still

88 READERS’ GALLERY Still a fascinating inter-play: LFI readers explore light and shadows

90 MY PICTURERemembering Henry Car-tier-Bresson – Constan-tine Manos talks about his first Leica photo IMPRINT

Cover photo by Guillem Valle: in the Kurdish in habited region of Syria

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14 | American ColourWith an intuitive sense for light, colour and composition,

John Lou Miles always discovers the artificial within the commonplace: a kaleidoscope of colours.

30 | World of WireTheir houses are made of wire. About 130,000 people

live in small cages – right in the middle of Hong Kong, one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

44 | Istanbul’s LabyrinthWhen city districts are renovated they often lose their

character – the good and the bad. Tarlabasi in Istanbul is now facing this fate. Photos by Göksin Varan.

48 | Salut, Paris!A centennial rediscovery: in 1956, Peter Cornelius

documented the city of Paris in colour, for the first time ever – a daring venture in its day.

68 | Wild, Wild EastDeir ez-Zur lies in eastern Syria. The radical Islamic militia

Jabhat al-Nusra is currently in control of the area, and defend-ing their beliefs. A report from a ghost town.

80 | Camera RevolutionarySlanted perspectives, unusual frames: Alexander

Rodschenko was a master of the Russian avant garde and of the Neues Sehen movement – a portrait.

CONTENT | LFI 4.2013

Children playing on the roof of a 16-storey building in Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong district. The rooftops are not secured (page 26)

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The M also has excellent picture quality when using the new video mode

56 TESTING THE M VIDEO MODE

Take one: What can the M’s video mode actually do? LFI has tested the camera’s new function. Maybe the script is not worthy of an Oscar, but the results are well worth seeing

60 M AVAILABLE LIGHTWith its new CMOS sensor and extended ISO range, the M distinguishes itself in available light photogra-phy – a trial by fire

66 LIGHT PAINTINGLED pocket torches are the most commonly used source of light for light-painting photography

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE Focussing on fashion pho-tography – the Krakow Photomonth; European Publishers Award for Alisa Resnik; the winners of the ICP Infinity Awards

08 BOOKS A retrospective of Harry Callahan and new books by Daido Mori-yama, Thomas Hoepker and Lucien Clergue

10 TALKING WITHFlorian Ebner, head of the photography collection of Essen’s Folkwang Muse-um, about new formats

84 EXHIBITIONSAugust Sander and Seydou Keïta: The Denver Art Museum explores the theme of textiles

88 READERS’ GALLERY Waving and fluttering, symbol and accessory: flags from the perspec-tives of LFI readers

90 MY PICTUREBarbara Klemm photo-graphed the opening up of the Brandenburg Gate and produced a iconic image

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American Colour: Cover photo by John Lou Miles

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12 | Oskar Barnack AwardEvgenia Arbugaeva’s poetic series Tiksi earned

her this year’s award. The newcomer award went to Ciril Jazbec for his series Waiting to Move.

26 | Too Young to DieCause of death: young, African-American or Latino.

A reportage about violence and the desperate search for prospects in Chicago’s suburbs.

38 | Living Among the DeadThere is a shortage of living space in the Philippine

capital of Manila. Hundreds of families have made their homes in the cemetery to the north of the city.

42 | Radically SubjectiveWith his mysterious and intense images, Swedish

photographer Christer Strömholm has influenced Scandi-navian photography like no other.

66 | Brave New RoadA look at a slice of Brazil’s once unspoiled nature and

into the minds of the local inhabitants: the Soya Highway has a bright side and a dark one.

80 | The Man in the CrowdWhen Garry Winogrand died in 1984, he left behind a

treasure trove of more than 250,000 images – the MoMA in San Francisco has now started to organize them.

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A bullet in the spine forever changed the life of Ondelee from Chicago – the trigger was pulled by a 15 year-old (page 26)

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With a new leather outfit: the D-Lux 6 “Edi-tion by G-Star RAW”

52 THE BOKEH EFFECTThe aim is to achieve the highest degree of sharp-ness, but for contrast- rich images focussing on a particular motif this is just one side of the coin. The quality of the image outside the depth of field is just as important.

56 PRINT + PAPER 1The first of two parts looking at the right com-bination and selection of printers, photo papers and different kinds of inks.

62 LEICA NEWSChampagne bottles have been popping in Los Ange-les, Zurich and Berlin. In addition: a new limited edition of the D-Lux 6, the “Edition by G-Star RAW”.

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE The 5th Mannheim_ Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg Photo Festival and the 25th Jubilee Festival In-ternational de Photojour-nalisme in Perpignan

06 BOOKS New books by Martin Parr, Bill Perlmutter, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt and Sonja Braas

08 TALKING WITHAnne-Marie Beckmann, curator of the Deutsche Börse Art Collection, about collection and pres-entation strategies

84 EXHIBITIONSThe Rediscovery of the World – the true nature and expressive possibili-ties of photography

88 READERS’ GALLERY Fashion is born on the street – selected photo-graphs by LFI readers

90 MY PICTUREGruesome echoes of the Yugoslav civil war: a pic-ture taken by Andy Spyra in the Drina Valley IMPRINT

Life along the Soya High-way in Brazil: cover photo by Uwe H. Martin

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CHICAGO Life in the murdercapital of the US: youths betweenviolence, poverty and drugs

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8 | Talking withHamburg printer Papu Pramod Mondhe about his

meditative approach to his craft, his diplomatic skills and the meaning of paper prints in a digital age.

12 | Marked for lifeJan Grarup photographed his Danish compatriots on tour

of duty in Afghanistan. Unwilling to forget their experiences there, many have recorded them permanently as tattoos.

30 | Angry, female, TurkishResistance to the felling of a few trees in Gezi Park

evolved into the largest wave of protests in modern day Turkey – many women are at the front line.

42 | Dream beachesHyper-real imagery by Belgian sociologist and

photographer Pascale Delfosse reveals the absurd side to recreational activities on the sand.

66 | Little left to loseIt is the poorest of the poor who are the hardest hit

by the Greek crisis: female drug addicts sell their bodies for a few euros to finance their next fix.

80 | At close rangeThe legendary Robert Capa would have turned 100 years

old this year. LFI looks back at his life, his iconic pictures and his influence on reportage photography.

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Turkish nationalists, Kurdish separatists, anti-capitalist Moslems – and women. The Taksim Square protests have united them all (page 30)

50 LEICA CIt has everything it needs to produce first class pic-ture quality – and more: the Leica C is the perfect definition of a successful compact camera, and, what’s more, can link up to a smart phone.

54 VARIO-ELMARDemanding the very highest performance: the best M lenses serve to inspire the development of the X Vario lens.

60 VIEWFINDERSAdvantages and disadvan-tages: viewfinder systems for the Leica M.

64 LEICA NEWSThe LFI App 2.0.x andphoto book components by Hahnemühle.

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE Every two years the Delhi Photo Festival celebrates photography in the Indian capital. The winner of the 2013 Red Bull Illume Award, Lorenz Holder

06 BOOKS New publications by Pepa Hristova, Michael Wolf, Leonard Freed and Eva Leitolf

84 EXHIBITIONSTwo exhibitions of works by Lewis Hine, a pioneer of politically engaged photography, at the ICP in New York

88 READERS’GALLERY Protection from the sun and rain: LFI readers photograph umbrellas and parasols

90 MY PICTURESea birds à la Hitchcock: Arnhel de Serra tells the story behind his first successful travel photoIMPRINT

Cover photo: photographer Jan Grarup, seen through the lens of his 13 year-old daughter, Marikka

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12 | Grey ZoneMediterranean, melancholic and monochrome –

Belgian photographer Cédric Gerbehaye spent a winter in the southern French town of Sète.

28 | Libya’s deserted bordersThey fight for justice and a better Libya: 138 young

men from a non-Arab minority group try to secure the country’s very extensive southern border.

40 | Tidal InterplayThe Wadden Sea from a bird’s-eye view:

Jürgen Wettke photographed this unique landscape from up in the air – the abstract art of naturet.

46 | French KissAn American in Paris: the French metropolis

has become Peter Turnley’s second home. A homage to the City of Love.

68 | Crime and PenanceWhat do criminals need so as to change? On the island

of Bastøy, one of the most liberal prisons in the world, in-mates live in something very close to freedom.

80 | A Master of PortraitureHer portraits of authors made her famous, though she

also loved to do reportage: Gisèle Freund (1908–2000) – the Grande Dame of photography.

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M users are also affected by the ‘Italian Flag Phenomenon’

The norwegian prison island of Bastøy – rather than bars and security cameras there is plenty of room here for conversations and for change (page 68)

56 LEICA M9/MThe so-called ‘Italian Flag Phenomenon’ also affects M9 and M users. We talk about the reasons for the comple-mentary colour displace-ment and what Leica are doing about it.

62 PRINT + PAPER 2The perfect interplay: optimum combinations and the selection of printers, colours and photo papers

66 TEC NEWSThe viable alternative: The picture processing programme Photodirector Ultra 5 by Cyberlink. Looking forward to spend-ing 2014 with the Leica Calendar by René Burri

04 EDITORIALPHOTO SCENE Paris Photo: the most important meeting place for photo galleries

06 BOOKS New photos books by Wayne Lawrence, Brassaï and Steve McCurry, as well as the Iranian Living Room project

08 TALKING WITHJulien Frydman, director of Paris Photo, about pho-tography, its market value and the art of collecting

84 EXHIBITIONSFaces in the Crowd: Alex Prager loves to be accidentally involved in other people’s lives

88 READERS’ GALLERY A beautiful back can be charming… LFI readers photograph people from behind

90 MY PICTUREPhotographer Nomi Baumgartl cites Feininger’s historic Leica photographIMPRINT

Cover Photo: from Cédric Gerbehaye’s portfolio (page 12)

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