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Lot Essay
Condition: 1A(i)
Cosmetic: New. Factory condition, apparently unused.
Mechanical: New. Apparently working correctly.
Lenses:New. Apparently unused.
This camera was made by Leica Camera with the support of the renowned photographer William Klein to benefit Reporters Sans Frontières. It is unique.
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) is an international organisation which has been promoting and defending press freedom around the world for over fifteen years, campaigning for journalists who have been arrested, injured or killed while doing their job. RSF now has offices in Belgium, Germany, the Ivory Coast, the UK, Italy, Japan, Canada, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and the USA and correspondents in over 100 countries. Further details are available at https://www.rsf.org.
William Klein is one of the most controversial and influential artists of the twentieth century. Born in 1928, Klein began as a painter before taking up photography. In the mid-1850s he invented a new, shocking style of photography. With his explosive and iconoclastic approach, he captures the chaos and madness of a city, breaking all the rules of conventional photography in the process. Klein goes after the urban crowd with a wide-angle lens, with confrontational close-ups, instinctive grab shots, high contrast and harsh printing methods.
This camera is the second custom-made Leica to bear the name of a celebrated photographer and donated for charity. In June 1998, a Leica M6 bearing the signature of Henri Cartier-Bresson was sold at Christie's for £25,300. (approx. E37,000).
Cosmetic: New. Factory condition, apparently unused.
Mechanical: New. Apparently working correctly.
Lenses:New. Apparently unused.
This camera was made by Leica Camera with the support of the renowned photographer William Klein to benefit Reporters Sans Frontières. It is unique.
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) is an international organisation which has been promoting and defending press freedom around the world for over fifteen years, campaigning for journalists who have been arrested, injured or killed while doing their job. RSF now has offices in Belgium, Germany, the Ivory Coast, the UK, Italy, Japan, Canada, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and the USA and correspondents in over 100 countries. Further details are available at https://www.rsf.org.
William Klein is one of the most controversial and influential artists of the twentieth century. Born in 1928, Klein began as a painter before taking up photography. In the mid-1850s he invented a new, shocking style of photography. With his explosive and iconoclastic approach, he captures the chaos and madness of a city, breaking all the rules of conventional photography in the process. Klein goes after the urban crowd with a wide-angle lens, with confrontational close-ups, instinctive grab shots, high contrast and harsh printing methods.
This camera is the second custom-made Leica to bear the name of a celebrated photographer and donated for charity. In June 1998, a Leica M6 bearing the signature of Henri Cartier-Bresson was sold at Christie's for £25,300. (approx. E37,000).