The Leica Store San Francisco
On our recent trip to California, I couldn’t leave without visiting the Leica store San Francisco. It’s on the cusp of Chinatown and we popped in for a visit before heading off to eat some dim sum.
It’s amazing how much more I instantly felt at home in San Francisco than in Boston, but that’s another topic. I really like San Francisco and we had a great time there, but I loved it even more after I found the most beautiful Leica store ever.
I’ve visited Leica stores only in Tokyo and Soho NYC, but this San Fran location was such a stunning gallery. The stores in Tokyo and NYC are also obviously nice, but the gallery space here was phenomenal.
The gorgeous gallery with Salgado’s exhibitionI walked in as I’m in the market for another lens. I looked at the 21mm, the 28mm, and the 135mm lenses. I didn’t buy anything as I always buy used anyways, but it was nice to test some lenses out. I’ve been thinking about getting a 28mm.
The Leica gallery San Francisco is currently hosting a Sebastião Salgado exhibition through May 31st. You can view a number of large stunning black and white prints hanging all over the gallery. What an exhibition and a treat to be able to view some of his greatest work up close.
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A refugee camp in Benako, Tanzania with Rwandan refugees in 1994 amid the genocide crisis
One of the gallery representatives was kind enough to let me play with some lenses and answer a lot of my questions. I always find that my experience in Leica stores is beyond exceptional.
A shelf of classics
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Leica Store San Francisco Exhibitions
The store hosts a number of periodic exhibitions so I highly recommend checking it out.