The photographers who defined what a Leica can do — and the photographs that made history.
Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare
1932
Leica I (Standard) · Elmar 50mm f/3.5
Victor Jorgensen, U.S. Navy — public domain (Wikimedia Commons); Eisenstaedt's Leica frame is copyrighted
V-J Day in Times Square
1945
Leica IIIa · Summitar 50mm f/2
The Americans (Robert Frank)
1955-1957
Leica IIIf (screw-mount) · 35mm and 50mm (various; 35mm primarily)
Alberto Korda, 1960 — public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Guerrillero Heroico
1960
Leica M2 · Leica 90mm (commonly cited as Elmarit 90mm f/2.8)
Che Guevara with Cigar (René Burri)
1963
Leica M3
