Leica M System
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“24 x 36” <strong>Leica</strong> M photography portfolio 6 / 7<br />
MATIAS COSTA (1973, Buenos Aires – lives in Madrid)<br />
From the “Water Culture” series, 2003<br />
Matias Costa presented his work to an international audience for the first time in 1999 at the highly regarded Photo<br />
España festival, with his reportage shots of street children in Rwanda. It was immediately obvious that he was a<br />
notable talent, who knew how to amalgamate a political message with thoroughly modern imagery. It is no surprise<br />
that since then Costa has scooped several important awards including the coveted prize for photojournalism at the<br />
Vevey festival (Switzerland), which is supported by <strong>Leica</strong>. His most recent, as yet unpublished, work (in color this<br />
time) deals with Hungary’s bathing culture fed by its 1000-plus hot springs. Photographically, this was a demanding<br />
theme, as Costa often had to shoot pictures secretly and using available light : classic terrain for the <strong>Leica</strong> M.<br />
Camera : LEICA M6 TTL / Lenses : LEICA ELMARIT-M 24 mm f/2.8 ASPH., LEICA SUMMICRON-M 35 mm f/2 ASPH.<br />
Courtesy of Matias Costa
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