Iconic Photographer Charles Gatewood's Leica M2 is for Sale

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The personal Leica M2 of photographer Charles Gatewood is being offered for sale. Gatewood is often called the best photographer of San Francisco's 'alternative' culture from the late 1980s until his death in 2016.

reached out to the seller, David Glenn Rinehart. He says he chose the unusual sale price because he isn’t really sure what the value of the camera is. His goal is to provide it to a collector of an institution in exchange for the sale value’s donation to his charity of choice.

“I have no idea what the market is for historic cameras, and I’d rather it go to a good institution instead of being flipped,” he tells. “It’s a lovely memento of another chapter of my life, but time to shed more possessions as I get older and benefit a great nonprofit in doing so.”at the age of 73 due to injuries he sustained after he fell from his third-story balcony, was a well-known photographer from the 1960s up until the years prior to his death.

“Charles and I met when he moved to San Francisco in the eighties. We both worked independently, and for the last decade or so of his life or so I’d see him at least annually at the Thanksgiving dinners Michael and Lucile Rosen would host in North Beach,” Rinehart says., which he completed at the rate of $5 per hour. Those archives are now in the University of California’s Bancroft Library in Berkley.

“He’ll be remembered for his classic images, of course, but I doubt anyone will ever see the wonder collages he was making with scissors and glue for the last years of his life.”Rinehart intends to hold the camera until October 1 after which point he will sell it to the highest bidder. The best way to contact him, other than through

 

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