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The Leica Oskar Barnack Award, presented almost continuously since 1979, recognizes photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment.It was known as the Oskar Barnack Award when presented by World Press Photo between 1979 and 1992, and has been known as the Leica Oskar Barnack Award while presented by Leica Camera since 1995.
1994/95: Gold Medal, Canadian National Awards [3] 1995: Photographers' work grant, The Ernst Haas Awards, Maine Photographic Workshops [38] 1996: El Mundo Award [3] 1996: Oskar Barnack Award [39] 1997: Golden Light (Best Monograph Award) [3] 1998: Society of Publication Designers, Merit Award, The New York Times Magazine [3]
In addition to these categories of "Leica Oskar Barnack Prize" and "Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer Prize", ten finalists will be awarded with a cash prize of 2,500 euros for their series. [ 2 ] The winner of the main category "Leica Oskar Barnack Award" receives a cash prize of 25,000 euros and also a Leica M camera and a loan worth 10,000 ...
Leica Society International (formerly LHSA - The International Leica Society, and formerly Leica Historical Society of America) [1] is an independent, ...
Leica Standard chrome (serial number 244297), 1937, front view Leica Standard chrome (serial number 244297), 1937, top view. The Leica Standard, Model E was the fourth version of the original 35 mm Leica camera to be launched from Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany. The concept was conceived by their employee Oskar Barnack in 1913. Production of ...
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The Leica copies originate from the Leica camera that was launched by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar in 1925, using the Leica 39mm screw mount of 26 threads per inch (25.4 mm), and the standard 35mm film. The design was carried out by Oskar Barnack , beginning in 1913 by building a camera for 24×36 mm negatives that by now is called the Ur-Leica, or ...
Barnack tried a Zeiss Tessar on his early prototype camera, but because the Tessar was designed for the 18×24 mm cine format, it inadequately covered the Leica's 24×36mm negative. Barnack resorted to a Leitz Mikro-Summar 1:4.5/42 mm lens for the prototype, but to achieve resolution necessary for satisfactory enlargement, the 24x36 mm format ...