'If you want a slice of life, why not see the loaf?'

I appreciated when Lane describes how a Leica allows photographers, "to plan and imagine a photograph as an act of storytelling - an instant grabbed at will from a continuum." The way it described how a Leica creates a unique way to interact with the world. It offers a perspective of the world unique to the photographer. Its design allows you to shoot without an obtrusive effect on the surrounding environment. Its novel features, such as the right-angled viewfinder, and the extended borders of the viewfinder around the frame, make so you can shoot without disturbing the purity of the moment in time.

It’s strange to think about a camera that is one of the most remarkable machines to have ever come to fruition. But a Leica is apparently not only a camera, but also a way to investigate the world around you. On the huge spectrum of cameras, it transcends towards perfection. Its impact on photography, allowing such photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, and Lee Friedlander to create the significant pictures they did, is extraordinary. The Leica helped to define photography as an art medium, and didn’t let the photographic industry influence its fundamental design, as opposed to the point and shoot cameras that most people use today.