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Leica M and Leica Q Cameras + Street Photographer Matt Stuart: To Capture Images of the Qatar Goodwood Festival-Horseracing in England 28 July – 1 August 2015

The Qatar Goodwood Festival – where fashion, high society and world class horseracing come together for five enthralling days.

Street photographer Matt Stuart will attend the Qatar Goodwood Festival on behalf of Leica.

  • He has been capturing the humorous, ironic and spontaneous moments of everyday life in London with Leica cameras since 1996

The following video presents Celebrating 60 Years of the legendary Leica M with Photographer Matt Stuart from Leica Camera UK on Vimeo:

To mark this anniversary we asked 10 photographers to tell us about their experiences using M, their favourite image captured with it, and what this iconic camera means to them.

Leica M

Leica M

Matt Stuart will use the Leica M and Leica Q cameras to capture the festival from a new perspective.

The following video presents Leica Store Singapore: Official Launch of the Leica Q:

Less than 20 hours after the announcement of the new Leica Q, media and Leica fans in Singapore got to touch and experience the Leica Q first-hand. Watch this video for highlights from the evening.

Leica Q (Typ 116)

Leica Q (Typ 116)

The resulting photographs will be shared on Leica Camera and Glorious Goodwood social media channels and, following the event, on the Leica Camera Blog.

PRESS RELEASE

Qatar Goodwood Festival

23/07/2015

For five thrilling days, the world’s most prominent jockeys, trainers and owners meet on the Sussex Downs during the Qatar Goodwood Festival, affectionately known as ‘Glorious Goodwood’, for top class horseracing.

Leica Camera and Leica Sport Optics are delighted to be working with Goodwood to capture images of this unique festival and provide select guests with Leica binoculars, allowing them to be closer to the action and experience vividly this unforgettable moment.

Leica Camera has been granted special access by Goodwood for a photographer to capture this unique festival and is delighted that British photographer Matt Stuart will attend on behalf of Leica. A street photographer born in London in 1974, Matt has been capturing the humorous, ironic and spontaneous moments of everyday life in London with Leica cameras since 1996.

Equipped with a Leica M and a Leica Q, Matt will wander through the festival, watching and observing professionals and horseracing aficionados as they celebrate their passion. Allowing the Leica and Goodwood communities to discover this unique celebration from a new perspective, the resulting photographs will be shared on Leica Camera and Glorious Goodwood social media channels and, following the event, on the Leica Camera Blog.

More information and tickets for the Qatar Goodwood Festival here.

Read an interview with Mary McCartney about last year’s Goodwood festival on the Leica blog.

The Qatar Goodwood Festival, 28 July – 1 August 2015

GoodwoodEstate
Chicester, West Sussex, PO18 0PX

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