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Life &The Leica

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Life was one of the most important magazines in American history, but it never could have existed without a crucial change in camera technology. Kelly McCormick, who teaches the history of photography at the University of British Columbia, tells the story of how the LEICA camera was crucial to the development of LIFE magazine, and how Life in turn was a game changer for photojournalism.