LEICA EMERGING

Leica Emerging

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We are honored to celebrate 50 years of Leica Photography, while welcoming a new generation of emerging voices. Limited Valet Parking. Ride Share Encouraged.

Leica Gallery Los Angeles presents a dynamic exhibition bridging legacy and the future of photography.

Miles Bitton

Paris Brosnan

Valentin Goppel

Gulliver Oldman

Glen March

Rosie Matheson

Sara Messinger

Adali Schell

AJ Singh

Miles Bitton was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He took interest in photography at a young age, growing up around many artists and musicians who held a deep love for the art form. He began assisting his father - Photographer
Mathieu Bitton - at the age of twelve. At seventeen, he started his own journey working as a professional photographer. Miles has since had photographs in The Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Forbes, among other publications. He is
constantly expanding his photographic portfolio and exploring new avenues of artistic expression.
Miles is also a writer, producer, director, and editor, having worked on several animated short films and music videos, with more on the way.

Valentin Goppel was born in 2000 in Regensburg, Germany. Since 2019, he has been studying documentary photography in Hannover. In his work, he approaches broad societal issues by reflecting on his own experience. The work thus serves as a subjective report, combining document and expression.

For his first major project “Between the Years,” Valentin photographed friends and acquaintances in both found scenes and arranged portraits, trying to capture the diffused feelings of growing up in times of the pandemic. The work was published as a photobook in 2024 by British publisher GOST. It won the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award and the Visa pour L’image Urban Newcomer Grant.

Since 2023, Valentin has been working on his second major project “False Prophet Radio,” a personal exploration of contemporary America. Traveling alone through the United States, he draws from his own sense of displacement to construct a portrait of today’s America.

GLEN MARCH

Light pierces the darkness, strangling fear and releasing hope from its grip, and with it, life is renewed.

After battling dysautonomia in and out of hospitals for six years with brain fog, full body numbness, and a myriad of other symptoms, these are the poetic writings and photographs Glen March took to process his changing world.

Using film and digital, in black and white and color, he captures the highlights and shadows in the world around him, while using poetry to examine the ones within himself.

These are selected works from the larger body of work titled: My Feathers Frayed. An admission of what it means to have your flight derailed in life, and the resilience needed to build the strength to one day fly again.

Rosie Matheson’s latest series revisits the emotional terrain of her seminal Boys project, returning to the restless energy, tenderness, and ambiguity of masculinity that has long defined her work. Shot entirely on 35mm film using an M6 Leica camera, these new photographs deepen her exploration of masculinity, intimacy, and identity.
Matheson’s photographs resist fixed narratives instead drawing attention to the fragile performances of masculinity and the unguarded moments beneath them.
The images ask viewers to look closely, finding character in signs of tenderness, rebellion, uncertainty, and desire
Presented as a continuation rather than a return, the series reflects on how ideas of masculinity evolve over time — becoming less declarative, more porous, and increasingly shaped by vulnerability - revealing the beauty, uncertainty, and emotional

Sara Messinger has shot editorial images for The Cut, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, but she found her niche in pathos-filled portraits of teenagers. Earlier this year, her images were shown alongside those of 92-year-old Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson at Leica’s New York gallery.

“[Photographing teenagers] wasn’t so much an active decision; the story found me. I photographed a few of them in the park one day, and after, I kept running into them and saying hi. I was always curious what it was like to grow up in New York. They embodied this authenticity and honesty that I always admired, and that I think I was in search of at that point in my life.

A lot of my work addresses fears from my childhood that have followed me into my adulthood. [I’m] trying to capture a love and honesty that I didn’t experience in my adolescent years, and that I still search for. The fear of not finding this in my life drives me to search for connection through my photography. I will be the first to admit that it’s very difficult to keep yourself going in a time like this. I hope that at the very least, no matter how long it takes to find what you are looking for, the journey is enjoyable.”

Gulliver Oldman

For many years I have honed my expertise in behind-the-scenes work, album cover design, and captivating editorial and portrait photography. With a rich portfolio spanning years of experience, I have worked to capture raw emotion and personality in every photo. Collaborating with musicians, creatives, and clients alike, I bring professionalism, creativity, and a genuine passion for storytelling to each project, ensuring every photograph is a the best product possible.

Adali Schell (b. 2001, Los Angeles, CA) is a photographer from Los Angeles, California. He explores themes of identity and memory through his upbringing in Southern California and family roots in rural Ohio. He received his BFA from the UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture, has exhibited internationally at les Rencontres d’Arles, the Museum of Warsaw and Leica Gallery Los Angeles, and has been published in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Guardian and The New York Times.

AJ Singh is a director and cinematographer who was born and raised in London and moved to California at the age of eleven. He developed an interest in photography at a young age, starting out with portraiture and shifting towards street photography in his early twenties. This series “A Rainy Day in Paris” was inspired by the magical atmosphere of the city in the rain after spending his time there during the winters. This series seeks to capture the nostalgia and melancholy felt from wandering around such a timeless city on cold, miserable days, while trying to find the small beautiful moments hidden in plain sight.

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