LEICA is celebrating the opening of its brand new Leitz-Park complex in Wetzlar, Germany. Around 1,000 guests were invited to the formal opening of the complex, including AP's own Deputy Editor, Geoff Harris.
The new site is home to four building complexes, one of which is the recently opened Living Ernst Leitz Hotel, which offers 129 rooms, apartments and suites, with interior design which reflects numerous aspects of photography. More than 250 works by more than 60 photographers can currently be seen in the hotel.
Immediately next to the hotel is the new Leica building, which contains the museum, the archives, a photo studio, a Leica store and the museum shop. The museum presents the entire history of Leica, with an anniversary exhibition, ‘Eyes wide open! 100 years of Leica…