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JC, thanks. Here on the forum folks talk quite a lot about shooting with Ms and how it is different (I agree). I was interested in seeing what "pros" also used Leica to see how the M translates into a different look. It certainly does with Kratochvil (look at his Ray Ban campaign).

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This is an interesting notion, but the question's too vague. What's a "famous pro?" E.g., to let one stand for many: does Ralph Gibson count? He's celebrated for artistry & poignancy; has done some books (uses an M and III something, at least), &c. I don't know if he works in someone's PR department or has clients & does assigned shoots, &c, or is a pro in that sense. See if you can find his book "L'histoire ["story," as much as "history"]de France," I'm sure you'll love it.

 

Of course, for all I know, he's a member of this forum; I didn't look. A lot of "famous pros" are.

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storybrown, I don't believe that the question is too vague. On this forum there is a lot of talk about Leica glass and use of the M8 as a professional tool. My question is, what top photographers are known to be using Leica today? Last time I looked at Ralph Gibson's site the last photographs were dated in 2005.

 

Also, as a subscriber to LFI, frankly I began to wonder about this when all of their photographer articles dealt with photography from 50 years ago (it appears that they've changed now).

 

As I wrote in a previous post, I am aware that Antonin Kratochvil still uses an M6, but who else is using an M or R? Not a tough question. Maybe a tough answer, huh?

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Gentlemen, definition of pro's? Well, Sam Jones ( http://www.samjonespictures.com), the famous Jeff Dunas (Penthouse fame, http://www.dunas.com/slides), Joel Meyerowitz just got an M8, Austrian Fotographer Lois Hechenblaikner (http://www.hechenblaikner.at/start.php), Hubertus Hohenlohe (THE REAL PRINCE) - just to name a few

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FWIW:

 

Stanley Greene, Kadir van Lohuizen, Gary Knight, Bruno Stevens, Pep Bonet, Philip Blenkinsop, Alex Webb

 

Simon Wheatley, Trent Parke, Tom Wood, Elliot Erwitt (personal work), Costa Manos.

Here: Camera Corner The Leica M8 on Assignment by Bruno Stevens - The Digital Journalist (September 2007)

is a quite interesting interview with Bruno Stevens about the M8.:)

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By my question, I did not intend to provoke any antagonism of who's a pro and who's not. Maybe I should have phrased it this way, which of today's photographers derive their professional photographic livelihood from the use of Leica cameras and lenses?

 

Two things about this question - 1) It's been nice to read up on different Leica photographers and see their work; 2) other camera manufacturers seem to market their "celebrity" photographers, e.g., Canon's Explorers of Light, Nikon's Legends Behind the Lens, so why not Leica?

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