Sorry to bring back this old thread but it got pointed out to me by google.
I am the guy who took the photos for this big stainless steel Leica, though it seems most of our studio shots did not make it online, just a bunch of the process photos. I also happen to be a good friend of the artist here in Chongqing. I was also around during the design phase of this piece which took several months from drawings on paper to clay to the real deal. The stainless steel was all hand shaped through hundreds and hundreds of hours of hammerings, shaping, and fitting together.
In the end the cameras came out pretty darn big and they are impressive to look upon in real life because of the details that you can pick out from different Leica's all over it.
I happen to also know this piece is part of a series by Liao Yibai called "Real Fake" which is a light-hearted satire on the culture around luxury and fake. This show also happens to be one of the most successful shows to hit the art scene in the economic downturn. The showing was in New York at the Mike Weiss Gallery and then all over the world. If you check out their website you can find a lot of my photos there too.
ps. we all got a kick out of the idea that a "fake" Leica was sold to Leica, where one of these massive things sits.
