Wirral Life September 2017 | Page 96

ALL IMAGES SHOT ON A LEICA T LEICA STORE MANCHESTER NEW STORE LAUNCH The new Leica Store Manchester and Leica gallery are now open. In August, Leica Store Manchester opened its doors to customers at its new purpose built premises on Police Street in Manchester’s city centre. To celebrate, Managing Director, David Stephens, and the rest of the Leica Store Manchester team hosted an opening event attended by over one hundred guests. The American photographer and actress Koo Stark officially opened the store’s gallery with her exhibition ‘Kintsugi’ - a series of photographs that chronologically and visually represent Koo’s fascinating life. Also in- attendence were representatives from Leica AG, as well as Bentley Motors, who kindly used their cars to chauffeur guests to and from the event. The new Leica Store Manchester is open daily from 10am - 5pm, excluding Sundays. The new address is: Leica Store Manchester 9 Police Street, Manchester, M2 7LQ T: 0161 834 7755 W: leicastoremanchester.com 96 wirrallife.com