17/10/2011

The Leica Store Mayfair invites you to a series of special events in the run-up to the festive season between 29th November and 13th December.

If you are looking to purchase that special gift for yourself or as a present, our knowledgeable team can advise on just the right camera or accessory and, to help you decide, we will be running a series of drop-in Leica Akademie sessions showcasing our award-winning products, including both the special edition Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium and the exquisite new Paul Smith for Leica leather case (exclusively available in store). Details of the drop-in Akademie timetable can be found below

You can have a complimentary portrait taken in our Studio-S with the 37.5 megapixel Leica S2 medium format camera, and Steyning Photo Books will be appearing on selected days offering their range of Leica-related books and showcasing the hot-off-the-press 8th edition of the Leica Pocket Book.

Please join us to enjoy some seasonal hospitality, and to have your purchase gift-wrapped, with our compliments.

There will also be three very special guest speakers:

Tom Stoddart 1st December, 17.00 – 18.00

Tom is established as one of the world’s most respected photojournalists producing a series of campaigning photographic projects on the serious world issues of our time from being in Beirut when the Israeli forces bombed Yasser Arafat’s besieged PLO base to being aboard the Greenpeace boat ‘Rainbow Warrior’ to reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Tom’s in-depth work on the HIV/AIDS pandemic blighting sub-Saharan Africa has been exhibited and published extensively and won several awards, as has his iWITNESS book.

Tom will present some of his work and will be happy to answer any questions.

Ian Berry - Q&A - 6th December, 14.00 – 15.00

Unfortunately this has been cancelled due to illness, it will be rescheduled for next year.

Ian made his reputation as a photojournalist reporting from South Africa, working for the Daily Mail.

He was the only photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville. While based in Paris, he was invited to join Magnum by Henri Cartier-Bresson. He has covered conflict in Israel, Ireland, Vietnam, Czechoslovakia and Congo, famine in Ethiopia and apartheid in South Africa.

Ian’s awards include Picture of the Year from the National Press Photographers of America, and British Press Magazine Photographer of the Year (twice), Arts Council Award, and the Art Directors’ Club of New York Award.

Ian will be happy to answer questions on his photography and experiences, and his use of Leica cameras throughout the years.

David Chandler - book signing - 7th December, 11.00 – 14.00

David worked for the RSPB and BirdLife International for more than 16 years and is now a freelance writer and environmental educator.

His books include Barn Owl, Kingfisher, the RSPB Children’s Guide to Bird Watching and the RSPB First Books of Birds Mammals, Minibeasts and Flowers.

He also writes for Bird Watching magazine. David will be answering questions about bird watching, nature observation and optics equipment, and will have a range of his best-selling books available to buy on site, which he’ll be happy to sign.

Whilst Studio portraits, gift wrapping and seasonal hospitality etc are available every day, to help any prospective purchaser we are also offering Akademie introductions to any of our products.

These introduction sessions are complimentary and are of thirty minutes duration covering the basic functionality of the specific product.

All you have to do is email heather.gregory@leica-camera.co.uk with your contact details (name and contact number) and indicate what day (between 02/12/11 and 13/12/11 ) and time (between 10.00 and 16.30) you would like to visit and the product in which you are interested.
We will email you back to confirm if we have that time available or offer an alternative.

We look forward to welcoming you!