Yesterday we went to a 4th of July parade in our neighborhood, where we saw a number of DC politicians, some crooked and some not, and various bands and marching squads, some native born, some not. The Bolivians were the greatest.
Leica M9, 35mm Summilux FLE.
Happy Birthday, USA. MacArthur Blvd, D.C. 7/4/2012.
Leica M9, 35mm Summilux FLE
Summer in full. Leica M9, 50mm Noctilux, wide open. Should have used the ND filter…
Leica M9, 50mm Summilux
Leica M9, 50mm Summilux.
Beautiful day in the Nation’s Capital. Leica M9, 50mm Summilux, ND filter.
In McPherson Square. Leica M9, 35mm Summilux FLE.
On Friday, a number of Leica shooters participating in a Leica Akademie Street Photography workshop in D.C. found ourselves in front of the White House as a Muslim man demonstrably worshipped his god. A Christian church group, kids and adults alike all dressed in orange, showed up as the man was going through what can only be thought of as a performance. The kids looked on with a mixture of surprise, skepticism, and hostility.
Leica M9, 35mm Summilux FLE
Shortly thereafter, the man washed his feet and began to walk around as the kids — maybe 50 of them — crowded into the space.
And then, when he got back down on his hands and knees to worship toward Mecca , the adults with the group gathered the kids around the man in a large prayer circle and loudly began to pray to Christ. Either it was an example of religious tolerance — representatives of two religions using the public space in front of the White House to worship — or it was a strange encounter, in which a Muslim was surrounded by Christians intent on drowning out his message. What do you think it was?
Leica M9, 50mm Summilux with ND filter. Taken the morning of news reports the Supreme Court might take up a challenge by Alabama to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Leica M8, old Nocti (f/1).
We love the fact that the new member of Leica’s M family was codenamed “Henri” prior to the announcement yesterday in Berlin. For surely the spirit of Henri Cartier-Bresson is evoked in a digital M with a black & white sensor. We anxiously await the Leica M10, and for now will avoid the temptation to buy the M Monochrom, as unlike Cartier-Bresson, we think in color, not black & white. But hats off to Leica, which in the past few years has been completely revived, both as a brand and a business, by Dr. Andreas Kauffman and his colleagues and employees.
For a nice look at what this camera can do, check out Jono Slack’s report from China, where he was able to take it along for the ride.
Tulip Frenzy 