An exclusive portfolio of exactly 100 rare treasures of Leitz hardware development as well as 100 highlights of Leica photography will be presented and auctioned in cooperation with Leitz Camera AG on the occasion of the Grand Opening of the new Leitz Park in Wetzlar on May 23rd, 2014.
Special emotions of the visitors are not caused by portraits of the famous as much as by the family photos which were mainly taken at the family property in Scotland, among them a sentimental shot of Paul hiding his newborn daughter under the breast flap of his fur coat, the same one that was later used for the cover of his solo album “Maybe I’m amazed” in 1970.
Photo series about a young Greek woman who had to put her only child in a foster home because, due to the financial crisis in her home country, she can’t provide for her family, is Austria’s “Press Photo of the Year” 2013. The photographer Heinz Stephan Tesarek was awarded with the Lens 2013 (in German: Objektiv 2013) for this touching photo story published in the weekly magazine News. This is the second award for Tesarek, who also won “a lens” in 2011.
Human Dignity Contra Cynism (in German “Menschenwürde contra Zynyismus”) is the title of the exhibition displaying this years entries for the St. Leopold Peace Award for human engagement through art. Founded in 2008, the prize carries an award of 12.000€ for art which reflects strong crtitical thinking in relation to globaly relevant humanitarian, geo-political and […]
