David Stephens MD
of LSM with signed
print of Napalm Girl
Widely used throughout the mid-to-late 20th century by, among
others, the ‘father of photojournalism’ Henri Cartier Bresson. The
Queen is known to shoot with a Leica, as is the Press photographer
Nick Ut, famed for his photograph of the Napalm girl, a photo which
is said to have changed the direction of the Vietnam war.
For the opening of Leica Store Manchester, we were honoured to be
joined by both the Leica photographer Nick Ut and Phan Thi Kim
Phuc, the girl who was photographed by Nick in the now famous
‘Napalm Girl’ photo of June 8th, 1972, taken during the height of the
Vietnam war. Nick and Kim have since become lifelong friends, with
Kim working tirelessly in overcoming her injuries to promote and
support the charity that she founded - The Kim Foundation, a charity
which helps to support the children of war. She is an amazing person,
so positive and bright, whose life has been shaped by both ‘that
photograph’ and her injuries sustained on that fateful day.
Nick and Kim kindly provided a signed print of the Napalm Girl
photograph for the Leica Manchester store, with Nick also signing a
specially commissioned Leica X2 camera. Leica Store Manchester will
be auctioning both the print and the camera at the Westlicht Auction
in Vienna on June 10th 2017, with all the proceeds, including all the
sellers fees (kindly waived by Peter Coeln), being donated to The
Kim Foundation, to support Kim’s quest in helping children of today
affected by the horrors of war around the world.
Leica Store Manchester has a long history of providing Leica
cameras, service and equipment to photographers both within the
UK and around the world. We pride ourselves in providing you, the
photographer, with high quality Leica equipment that suits both your
purpose and needs. We stock a wide range of Leica cameras to suit
all abilities and budgets, from the compact Leica C camera, to the
professional Leica M series of rangefinder cameras and the Medium
Format Leica S. We also stock, service and sell the classic Leica film
cameras, many of which have been used to capture the iconic images
that define the history of the last century.
Leica Store Manchester
www.leicastoremanchester.com
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