Leica: Witness to a Century

by Alessandro Pasi, Jay Hyams (Translator)

The fascinating history of a twentieth-century icon―the first handheld camera―and the people who use it. The Leica is both a product of the twentieth century's inventive spirit and the means by which that spirit could be documented for posterity. As the first handheld camera, the Leica made possible a new kind of documentary photography, and included among its devoted fans are many of the century's greatest photographers. Its combined qualities of precision and compactness made it an essential tool for photographers everywhere, and today more than ever the Leica is prized by collectors. 120 color illustrations and photographs

Genres: Photography

160 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[Gretchen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful information about the history of Leica and all their cameras

[Wasin Waeosri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an encyclopedia of the Leica (mostly M) cameras. It contains all Leica history from the birth of photography (the 1800s) to the first Leica M-Monochrome (2012) with full detail of the inventors who revolutionize photography and the photographers. It also has a lot of iconic photographs of each period.

The most interesting part is it gives all aspects of the photography history including the competitor like Zeiss and Japanese companies, War, the world trend, etc.

If you are interested in the history of photography or some of the best iconic photographs, this book is for you even if you are interested in the Leica camera at all.