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LFI DMR /2006
PORTFOLIO
UWE DÜRIGEN
LFI
: Mr Dürigen, at what point and for
what reason did you start working with
the Digital-Modul-R?
Uwe Dürigen:
I bought my DMR in the
summer of 2005. Before then, I’d already
been borrowing a digital camera system
for specific assignments. What I soon
took for granted was the speed and the
immediate control over the results; but
what the competing products seemed to
lack was the brilliance and sharpness
of Leica cameras and lenses. Here, the
Digital-Modul-R offered superior quality.
My first project already took me to what
was probably the most remote area
of Mongolia, the Altai Mountains, where
I used the Digital-Modul-R to document
the Kazakh Nomads and their ancient
tradition of hunting with golden eagles
for magazines ‘Terra’ and ‘LFI’.
LFI:
In what way has your photographic
approach changed since you’ve started
working with the Digital-Modul-R?
Above: Sideshwa explains the ritual of
smoking hashish. For the Sadhus, this drug
brings direct contact with the gods.
According to legend the Hindu God Shiva
smoked a whole mountain of hashish.
Apo-Summicron-R 90 mm f/2 Asph;
left: f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 100;
middle: f/4.8, 1/125 sec, ISO 100;
right: f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200
Right: Plunging into the river. Pilgrims
use the sacred water for prayer and
leisure. Elmarit-R 19 mm f/2.8, f/4,
1/750 sec, ISO 200
Left: Sadhu ‘Kailash Muni’ has vowed to
years of silence. Summilux-R 80 mm f/1.4,
f/2, 1/180 sec, ISO 200
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