On The Road with Thorsten Overgaard · October 2016

By: Thorsten Overgaard

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Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Artist framing her scene before she starts drawing. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

A very special workshop in Montmartre, Paris

Paris by Midnight and all that should be enought, but nevertheless I've been spicing it all up in the past with having the Paris workshops on a luxury houseboat. Now, this time I stumbled into a very exiting location in Montmartre: The original house of Tristan Tzara's house (designed by Adolf Loos in 1925).

I wouldn't say I know a lot about Tristan Tzara, so I wouldn't classify as a fan. Not sure I would even agree with his viewpoints. But it's the house I love, and the fact that it's a 20 minutes walk to the areas of Paris I know really well and often pass by with the workshop. And it has a garden I can drink coffee and smoke cigarettes in. What are the chances of finding a private garden in the midst of Paris?

So please, if you can make it, make this workshop and share the experience with me and the others!

You don't get to experience this every day: A private garden in the midst of Paris!

The home of Tristan Tzara (designed by Adolf Loos in 1925).

Hotel Particular in Paris. A very small and very hidden little hotel that is mostly sold out. But they had coffee. Leica M240 with Leica 35mm Summilux-M AA ASPHERICAL f/1.4. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

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Stumbled into a fellow Leica user, Mr. Cedric Ngadjui. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Leica M240 with Leica 50mm APO-Summicron-M ASPH f/2.0. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Toni Andry Sørensen from Denmark. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Did some B-roll video for a later project.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Paris. Leica M240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95. © Thorsten Overgaard.

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On assignment in London

London City and East Grinstead, United Kingdom. October 7-11, 2016

I'll be doing some work in London right after Paris. I might stay in London till the London Workshop starts, or maybe go somewhere else.

An older photo from 2011 by Matthias Frei of Thorsten Overgaard working with the Leica M9 in heavy rain in London.

Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, UK. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, UK. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, UK. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 Black Chrome and Tifften Pro Mist 1 filter. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

A drive through Europe

Freankfurt, Wetzlar, Hamburg. October 11-12, 2016

After a lot of travel I had all my cameras and lenses adjuste at Leica Camera AG in Wetzlar. Then I headed to the Mont Blanc headquarter in Hamburg to get some of my pens adjusted. After I had used the purple Mont Blanc ink in my pens, the pumps had stopped working properly. That was my first visit to their headquarter. Then Apple Store in Hamburg where I had scheduled a repair of a new screen on one of my labtops. And finally back in Denmark, I sent off bags for repair. Lots of small things that needs to get brought back to optimum condition.

The Mont Blanc worldwide headquater is in Hamburg, Germany. I would genreally recommend to visit a store for service and repairs. Their HQ is not really set up to service customers. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

In The Kingdom - Winter is Coming!

The Kingdom of Denmark, October 13-15, 2016

I'm back in Denmark to change suitcase. It's dark, cold, windy and raining. I don't know why I do this.

Robin and I visited our favorite cafe for a moment. Leica M-D 262 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © Thorsten Overgaard.

Got to visit my friend Lars Winter and did this very Scandinavian photograph. Leica M 240 with Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95.

The last European Workshop in Europe in 2016 will be London

London, United Kingdom. October 19-19, 2016

London is one of my favorite places to take pictures. Actually, any city you can walk in and which has a mix of people and cultures, traditions, old history and modern times, that's a great photography city. London is one of the top-5 cities for that (the others are New York, Hong Kong, Rome and Paris).

The London Workshop will be fun as usual. We'll be having the headquarter around Charlotte Street and work our way from there to the good coffee, the Banksy murals, Indian food and more.

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Ginza and Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. October 29 - November 4, 2016

The Tokyo Workshop is the first of the Asian workshops this year. I decided on this date because the Haloween in Tokyo is by far the most exteme, crazy and out-of-this-universe you can imagine.

Steven Collins returned to the Overgaard Workshop again after he did his first in 2011. Leica M-D 262 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

I sneaked into this store and asked if I could take their photo. I could. Leica M-D 262 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

Halloween in Tokyo. Leica M-D 262 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

In Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Leica M-D 262 with Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH f/1.4 BC. © 2016 Thorsten Overgaard.

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