Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winner Photography
by L.A. Ruano, July 8, 2009

Leica recently announced the winner of their 30th Annual Oskar Barnack Award, in South African Mikhael Subotzky. Aside from earning respect throughout the photography community, Mikhael received a generous monetary prize from the historic German camera makers. With the winner now being announced, Leica offers a complete look into the photographer’s series of winning photographs. Excellent would be an understatement, as each image captures the essence of its subject matter brilliantly.









yo these pics are amazing we need more hypebeast!
dope work and the prison pics were shot in Cape Town, RSA…
As a South African I’m feeling this dude’s work.
Awesome photos. It’s all good, except the horse photo is kinda weak.
smokin’ girl is the one!
saw some of these at the moma.
been amazed by this guys work for a while now his prison series is too dope!
amazing!
DirtyDooRagz- Sounds like you’ve been smoking a little too much Naivet’e buddy. Rad Photo’s by the way.
Im sitting here listening to Radiohead – In Rainbows, And the amazing Naivet’e we have as Americans is mezmerizing. As a human being you will except what ever situation youre in “AND ADAPT”. The lottery of life is a MUThaPhucka
the shoeshine photo makes me nauseous
Brilliant. I’m a fan.
the first picture is the coolest i think
feeling them all except the scream mask one. It’s cool, but i can’t say i get it.
fucking sick