Dortmund's children at the Kleine Kielstraße and Diesterweg Primary Schools have, through the initiative of Kinderlachen e.V. - unleashed their creativity. They have painted and decorated 140 cardboard Leica M cameras that will be on display in Wetzlar's Leitz Park. In return for the colorful and unique works of art, Leica Camera has given support to the non-profit organization and has made two unique cameras in the Kinderlachen design available. The cameras, a Leica M (Type 240) and a Leica M-E that were designed by the Munich artist Helmut Lutter, true to those created by the third and fourth graders Nesrin and René.
The original German press release translated to English:
Colorful Leica cameras for a good cause
Dortmund's primary school children Small Kielstrasse and Diesterweg Primary School have left to the initiative of children's laughter eV unleash their creativity. You have cardboard variations the Leica M rangefinder camera according to their own ideas painted and decorated. The result: 140 small works of art that are currently issuing the Leica Camera AG Leitz Wetzlar Park. In return for the colorful unique Leica Camera supports non-profit organization and has made two unique cameras in the children's laughter design available. The cameras, a Leica M (type 240) and a Leica ME were designed by the Munich artist Helmut Lutter true to the created by the third and fourth graders Nesrin and René motifs from two cardboard cameras.
Markus Limberger, as a member of the Board of Leica Camera AG also responsible for the production and Gerhard Bayer, CEO of CW Special Optik GmbH, the two colorful cameras presented once before on the big kids laugh Gala on November 29, 2014 in Dortmund Westfalen Halle , The individual pieces will be auctioned in the coming weeks for a good cause. The auction proceeds will go to 100 percent benefit of the projects of the charitable children's laughter eV.
Comedian and presenter, singer and actor Matze Knop had made as children laugh Ambassador together with the artist Helmut Lutter previously in Leitz Wetzlar Park personally by the colorful camera exhibition and the quality of the children's laughter cameras an image. Production Director Markus Limberger was impressed by the variety of painted Pappkameras: "The imagination of the children is great! The selection of subjects for our two Leica cameras fell really hard at this bandwidth imaginative designs. The more I am me, when at the auction of these unique pieces as possible large sums of money for a good cause can be achieved. "
The 140 Pappkameras Dortmund elementary school students are still visible in the exciting world of Leica Camera AG Leitz Wetzlar Park until the end of January 2015. The opening times of the Leica experience range and the Leica Gallery (in the Leitz-Park 5, 35578 Wetzlar) are available from Monday to Friday from 10 to 20 clock and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 18 clock. Admission is free.
About the laughter of children e.V.
Children's laughter eV supports only with donations since 2002 children's hospitals, children's hospices, day care centers, kindergartens and individual destinies in Germany. Financing is not only much needed materials, furniture and medical equipment. Even dreams and wishes of children who can not be bought, are met. To help celebrities from entertainment, business, sport, or conveying members at events. Children's laughter patrons include Michael Rummenigge and Matze Knop. As ambassadors are Tom Lehel Charlotte Engelhardt (Engelhardt), Nika Krosny, Ingo Anderbrügge, Ayman, Marina Kiel man, Neven Subotic, Madlen Kaniuth, Andrea Kiewel, Marc Marshall, the Germany-eighth and Peter Illman available. Have launched children's laughter eV Christian Vosseler and Marc Peine. More information is available under www.kinderlachen.de or www.facebook.com/Kinderlachen.eV.
About Leica Camera
The Leica Camera AG is an international manufacturer of premium cameras and sport optics products. The foundation for the myth of the Leica brand have laid the optics of the traditional company. In conjunction with innovative technologies, they provide up today for a better picture in all situations around the seeing and perceiving. The headquarters of Leica Camera AG is located in the Hessian town of Wetzlar, the second production site in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal. The company has its own offices in England, France, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea, Italy, Australia and the USA. New, innovative products have driven the positive development of the company in the recent past.