Leica Fotografie International

In this issue, discover striking black-and-white photographs by Moisés Levy. Also featured: insights into the Kurdish region of Hewraman on the border between Iran and Iraq by Hüsamettin Bahçe; Matthew Hayes’ photographs near Highway 93 in the north-western United States; rare images from the hermetically sealed North Korea by Elena Chernyshova; and the photo series The Family of Migrants, a reference to the legendary exhibition The Family of Man.

In the technical section of this issue, we look back on seven years of the L-Mount Alliance, focus on the new edition of the Leicavit rapid winder, and report on the 46th Leitz Photographica Auction.

To outsiders, much of rural life in the north-western United States may seem strange. After all, there is often a world of difference between the romanticised idea of the Wild West and the reality of people’s lives.