Leica Fotografie International

In this issue, Alexander Bronfer observes people and landscapes along the shores of the Dead Sea; in the interview, Dominic Nahr discusses the reorientation of religious and ethnic communities in the aftermath of the Assad regime in Syria; Carline Bourdelas brings longing, melancholy and sorrow into poignant harmony; Mario Heller presents impressions of resilience under extreme living conditions in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, and to mark the 80th birthday of the American documentary photographer Eli Reed, we are showing a retrospective of his most important works.

In the technical section of this issue, you can read more about the new Leica SL lenses – the Summilux-SL 50 f/1.4 Asph and the Apo-Macro-Elmarit-SL 100 f/2.8 – and find out more about the reconstruction of the film that Oskar Barnack used to take photographs in the 1910s and 1920s. In our series on fine art papers, we focus on baryta papers and their application in digital photography and inkjet printing.

In his series about the Dead Sea, the photographer tries to establish an emotional connection to the place, as well as a relationship between the people and the landscape.