{"id":23046,"date":"2016-02-06T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T22:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=23046"},"modified":"2016-02-06T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T22:55:30","slug":"leicaphilia-the-culture-surrounding-leica-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/leicaphilia-the-culture-surrounding-leica-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicaphilia: The century-old allure of Leica cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lily Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan Tamarkin stood behind his glass showcase filled with Leica cameras and lenses and picked out a Leica M3 film camera, vintage 1954. He proceeded to show how the camera works and how to load the film to\u00a0take pictures \u2013 and then something magical happened.<\/p>\n

Click.<\/p>\n

Even a photography novice could recognize that the sound of the shutter release on this camera was something special.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe click of the shutter feels just beautiful,\u201d said Dan Tamarkin, owner of Tamarkin Camera<\/a>, 300 W. Superior St. in the River North gallery district.<\/p>\n

Tamarkin knows the sound well. After apprenticing with his father, Stan Tamarkin, at the store’s original location in New Haven, Connecticut, Dan Tamarkin took over the family business and opened in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company began back in the day when it was all handshakes and eyeball to eyeball discussions and sometimes telephone conversations,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

With this nod to the past, Tamarkin Camera nicely aligns itself with the Leica brand. The camera store has stood the test of time in a day where nearly all cameras come equipped with an auto mode. When you look at a Leica, most notably the M series, all the dials are right in front of you awaiting your manual adjustments.<\/p>\n

If you pick up a Leica M camera,\u00a0you will quickly notice one characteristic when putting your eye to the viewfinder \u2013 it is\u00a0off to the left side of the camera body. Enter the term, rangefinder camera. These cameras are built so that you are not looking directly through the lens mounted to your camera, unlike\u00a0the single lens reflex cameras that you see lining retail\u00a0shelves.<\/p>\n

Over the years Leica, has innovated and made all types of cameras, including new lines of digital cameras, but the most recognized and sought after version would be a Leica rangefinder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look through the rangefinder you can actually see more than what the lens is going to capture, which allows you to anticipate what\u2019s going to come into your frame,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s this ability that draws photographers like Nicholas Pinto<\/a> to the this type of camera. Pinto, a Chicago photographer who studied\u00a0at Columbia College, recently returned from Miami and an exhibit of his photos at the\u00a0HistoryMiami museum.<\/p>\n

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A photograph by Nicholas Pinto taken with his Leica camera. Photo \u00a9 Nicholas Pinto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“When you\u2019re walking through the world, there\u2019s not a black screen around your eyes that only allows you to see a certain box that\u2019s in front of you and everything else is blacked out,\u201d Pinto said. \u201cYou have peripheral vision, you have the ability to see around you and that\u2019s how you naturally see.\u201d Pinto has worked with both Leica digital and vintage film cameras.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows you to see what\u2019s in front of you the most natural way,\u201d Pinto said. \u201cIt just acts as the path of least resistance to what you\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leicas are commonly found in the hands of street photographers who watch and wait \u2013 wait for that perfect moment to present itself. Street photographers often want to make the smallest imprint of their presence as possible\u00a0on the environment they are working in.<\/p>\n

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The Momenta Project, 2015 workshop in New Orleans. Photo \u00a9 Nicholas Pinto\/Momenta Workshops 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Vanguards of the 35mm Camera<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the charm\u00a0 surrounding a Leica\u00a0 is knowing that it gave birth to the\u00a0 35mm camera. In the hands of\u00a0masters such as Andre Kertesz and Henri Cartier-Bresson, the compact camera became synonymous with the birth of photojournalism and candid street photography.<\/p>\n

News magazines such as Life and Look erupted with the 35mm camera and brought millions of readers great photography from across the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the world’s first 35mm camera that went into production,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

In March of 1914, Oskar Barnack designed and constructed the first of the first, the Ur-Leica. He headed development\u00a0for Leica, a company founded in 1849 and revered for precision optics and microscopes. The camera was\u00a0presented to the public as the Leica I in 1925 at the Leipzig Spring Fair in Germany. While you may be able to find a Leica I to add to your collection, the original Ur-Leica is not so easy to come by.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only known example that\u2019s completely authenticated is in Wetzlar Germany at the Leica factory and in their vault,\u201d Tamarkin said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the few Leica models that I have not held.\u201d<\/p>\n

Establishing itself as the vanguard of the 35mm camera, Leica\u00a0 produced high-quality cameras and lenses that led to some of the timeless photographs we have today. Alfred Eisenstaedt took the\u00a0famous photo of the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square Alfred Eisenstaedt\u00a0with a Leica. Che Guevara\u2019s iconic portrait captured by Alberto Korda \u2013 also taken with a Leica. The list of classic images taken with a Leica goes on endlessly.<\/p>\n

A Leica camera took a front row seat to monumental moments in history \u2013 from documenting wars to capturing pop culture. Perhaps even some of your older family photos were taken on a Leica and you didn\u2019t even know it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of people tell me \u2018Oh my father had that camera,\u2019\u201d Pinto said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of the draws to owning a Leica. It\u2019s the same feeling you get when you purchase a vinyl record, the nostalgia of listening to music the way your parents or grandparents used to listen.<\/p>\n

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From Satoki Nagata’s \u201cLights in the City\u201d series, taken at the Frances Cabrini Rowhouses, Chicago 2014. The image was captured using a Leica M8 and Summicron 50mm lens. Photo \u00a9 Satoki Nagata.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vintage Leicas draw a loyal\u00a0following among photographers and collectors.<\/p>\n

Chicago photographer and filmmaker, Mark Siska, runs his own production company, Siska Films<\/a>, and is aware of the attention that comes with the small red dot, the logo on many Leicas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I even cover up the red dot on there to not bring attention to myself even more because I pull that camera out, even on the street, and I have people just coming up to me and saying \u2018Wow that\u2019s a Leica, what [model] are you shooting with,\u2019\u201d Siska said. \u201cThat\u2019s like one of the most powerful logos within photography, that little red Leica brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Going Once, Going Twice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The craftsmanship combined with the historical importance make Leicas\u00a0a hot commodity on the auction floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a few different types of folks that bid at auction, there are people who believe that\u2026they will get a deal on an item that would otherwise be more expensive from a retail store, there are people who are users of the gear who want to acquire a specific item that\u2019s rarely found,\u201d Tamarkin said. \u201cThen there are the people that are collectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dan Tamarkin and his father have been putting on one or two rare camera auctions a year through their auction house, Tamarkin Photographica.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our clientele spend $200, some spend $200,000,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

In their most recent auction, held November 14th in Woodbridge, Connecticut, a 35mm Leica Summilux lens sold for $23,500. The auction catalogue describes its very rare black finish. But Leica lenses in general won accolades from the start for their flawless optics.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these things are rare by virtue of how many were made, some of them are rare by virtue of how clean they are,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to come across an old Leica camera at an estate sale or when cleaning out your family\u2019s attic, Tamarkin offers some advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith rare cameras and lenses, rare objects in general, it\u2019s like Antiques Roadshow, like they tell you don\u2019t touch the patina,\u201d Tamarkin said. \u201cDon\u2019t repair it, don\u2019t restore it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saving for a Rainy Day (or a Photo of One)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Becoming a coveted member of the Leica owning society comes at a price \u2013 a high one. Many times people save up for quite awhile before finally taking the plunge of owning their first Leica.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought a Leica M2 camera that looked like it had been run over by a tank because it was all I could afford,\u201d Tamarkin said. \u201cI owned it for a year \u2013 I didn\u2019t have a lens \u2013 I couldn\u2019t use it, couldn\u2019t afford a lens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of its functionality, Tamarkin was more than happy with the purchase he made and recounts his first year with his Leica fondly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember that year before I got that lens where I would click the camera, I would put film through it and I would wind it and rewind it,\u201d Tamarkin said. \u201cSo yeah, people save for years for these things, a lot of them are very expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Japanese photographer uses \u201ccult\u201d camera to tell a Chicago story<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Chicago photographer Satoki Nagata<\/a> took his\u00a0 “Lights in the City” series\u00a0on a Leica.\u00a0He became a Leica owner after reading online that the cameras are a good fit for street photography. For Nagata, the investment was one worth making.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that I don\u2019t need to worry about the camera,\u201d Nagata said. \u201cI can just concentrate on the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n

The connection that photographers have with their Leicas is a personal one. Pinto acknowledges that while this is his weapon of choice, if the Leica didn’t exist he would still be taking photos.<\/p>\n

\u201cA camera is not going to make you a good photographer, it\u2019s not going to make you a bad photographer,\u201d Pinto said. \u201cThat is up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leicaphiles run the gamut \u2013 those who use Leicas to take photos, those who collect the cameras and those who do a little of both.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople that fall for it, really fall for it,\u201d Tamarkin said.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Dan Tamarkin prepares to load film in a Leica M3 at his showroom, Tamarkin Camera, located in the River North gallery district. (Lily Singh\/Medill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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