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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

The Leica Picture of the Year 2025: Joel Meyerowitz's street photography masterpiece captures the magic of New York

Left: A group of four women in colorful 1960s dresses stand on a sidewalk, engaged in conversation outside a storefront. Right: A portrait of Joel Meyerowitz, wearing a dark jacket and a textured scarf, against a softly lit background.

Leica has just announced its Picture of the Year 2025, celebrating a timeless moment of street photography from one of the genre's greatest innovators. The winning image Puerto Rican Day Parade, Manhattan, New York City 1963 by Joel Meyerowitz, distils everything we love about Leica's Legacy: spontaneity, color, and the ability to catch life exactly as it unfolds.

This year's selection places Meyerowitz – member of the Leica Hall of Fame since 2016 – alongside icons such as Ralph Gibson, Thomas Hoepker, Elliott Erwitt, and Herlinde Koelbl.

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