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Industry News: Leica Had Its Best Financial Results Ever

Digital Camera World   Monday December 2, 2024

Leica has set a new revenue record for the fiscal year 2023/2024, reporting a 14-percent increase to €554 million ($583 million), up from €485 million ($509 million) in the previous year. The earnings represent the best financial results in Leica’s 100-year history. The company’s photography segment remains the primary driver of this growth, bolstered an expanded global sales network, notes Digital Camera World. “Alongside the rapidly growing Home Cinema segment based on highly innovative laser and imaging technologies, we have also launched our new Leica LUX app for professional mobile photography with the iPhone,” said Matthias Harsch, CEO of Leica Camera AG.   Read the full Story >>

Books: A Twisted Photo Tale of Reclusive Sisters Reappears After 44 Years

By David Schonauer   Monday December 2, 2024

In 1974, Herve Guibert, then an 18-year-old fledgling artist, asked his great aunts Suzanne and Louise if he could make a film about them. The reclusive women, who lived in a grand house in Paris's 15 arrondissement with a German shepherd guard dog named Whysky, declined. But Guibert took hundreds of photos of them, mostly from across the table at their regular lunches. He …   Read the full Story >>

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