Barnack’s View Revisited - a photo on Flickriver

            From this very spot in Wetzlar, Oskar Barnack captured the first Leica photograph in 1914 with the Ur-Leica.

More than a century later, I returned with the Leica D-Lux 8 100 Years of Leica and rendered the image in the Leica High Contrast Look — a deliberate nod to the timeless black-and-white aesthetic of Barnack’s original.

A place where photography’s modern story began.

It was in 1925, at the Leipzig Spring Fair, that the Leica Ia was first presented to the public — the beginning of a revolution in photography.

Taken on: August 21, 2025

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Leica D-Lux 8 100 Years of Leica

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Groups appears in: • Leica • Leica Digital more » • Leica D-LUX series • Leica Black and White • Leica Moments • LEICA PICS • My Leica • LEICA collection • Leica Lens Club ～ for All Cameras • Leica enthusiast • Neuer Fotopark • Leica D-LUX 8 « less

Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG D-LUX 8 "100 YEARS OF LEICA", f/4.0, 1/320 sec, 22mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	LEICA CAMERA AG D-LUX 8 "100 YEARS OF LEICA"
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	22mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.5
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