Notable Leica M Photographers

Thank you for the link to the story about the death of Larry Burrows and the other people in Laos. The memory of such a tragic event, along with the poignant picture of his twisted and bent camera, is very sad.

I would like to add the name of Bruce Davidson as an outstanding photographer who used Leica M cameras as well as other brands and formats.

BTW Tobin31, that is an outstanding portrait of Robert Frank - what an incredible experience you had!
 
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He played with my Leica M8 and was amazed to find that it felt similar to his M6. When I asked him what he thought about digital photography he replied “Its great, a camera is a camera its what you do with it.
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It must have been a great experience. I'm glad he didn't have a bad attitude about digital. It shows he gets what photography is and that time goes on and on.
 
Thanks for the comments everyone! It was a great experience. Robert asked me if I print my pictures I replied that I have since I started shooting more personal work with the Leica. "Always print your work...let pictures live that way." He also told me for him his main focal lengths were 35mm and 50mm. 50mm is what he thinks is telephoto. He also tried my Nikon D700, he said it was way to big for him and likes much smaller cameras like the leica.

Swoop I love seeing your NY M9 images. Nice work. This is a great thread everyone! Love finding new rangefinder heros.

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Regarding Larry Burrows

Regarding Larry Burrows

JSU said:
This photo was made a couple of days before his death. I don't know the attribution of this photo, it was last distributed by a wire service on the occasion of the internment of the remains of the the four photographers at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
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JSU, I can gladly fill in some more information. The picture is also printed at the end of Burrows' "Vietnam". The photo credit reads as: "Larry Burrows, the morning after he photographed the accidental bombing at Lang Vei (pp. 222-23). Photograph by Roger Mattingly. February 7, 1971."

@Tobin: Thank you very much for sharing the photographs and reminiscences about Robert Frank!

All the best, Ljós
 
William Eggelston. Started with Canon RF and soon after acquired a Leica. No doubt he used other hardware.

My brain is mush. How could I forget...

Dr. Ted Grant and all of the other fine folks at the Leica Users Group. A valuable resource for all.
 
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David Alan Harvey. His book on Cuba was done mostly with an M6 and a Cron. There are youtube vids about him all around.
 
Notable Leica M photographers

Notable Leica M photographers

Two Magnum female members : Inge Morath and Martine Franck, HCB'wife.

Regards
 
Is Araki really a M photographer?

I mean I know he has an M7 (and Im sure other leicas) but Ive seen pictures of him using tons of different cameras such as a pentax LX and fuji kalsse w. He also has done some Polaroids.

I dont ask to question the statement that he is one, just out of curiosity and ignorance.
 
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Since this thread is also about not so well-known photographers I'd like to mention Ukrainian photographer Alexander Glyadyelov. He's shooting b&w film with Leica M and 35m lens. His topics are the homeless, AIDS, prisoners, armed conflicts and starvation - things that many people prefer to deny. His photos may portray people trying to lead ordinary lives in the most inhuman living condition and the stunning sparkles of humanity. Two of his series are available on his website.

He's worked for MSF, UNAIDS, and UNICEF, traveled in Central Asia and Africa, had a bullet wound but still carries on his work. What he is looking in the streets are stories, not action. He's telling the stories of his subjects with a calm soft voice. He has a profound respect for his subjects, special care and involvement. He doesn't display photographs in public without subject's consent. For me his work is an instant classic, up there with HCB and others.
 
redisburning said:
Is Araki really a M photographer?

I mean I know he has an M7 (and Im sure other leicas) but Ive seen pictures of him using tons of different cameras such as a pentax LX and fuji kalsse w. He also has done some Polaroids.

I dont ask to question the statement that he is one, just out of curiosity and ignorance.
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I ran across him two times, both time he had an M8-2 on him.
 
Tim Page, Vietnam war photographer and legendary stoner. Apparently he used the Leicas for reliability rather than anything else - there was a great article on him in a UK photo magazine about 25 years ago. He's still around (in Australia) and still taking photographs despite almost suffering a violent death on about three occasions.
 
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