Tag: library

  • Lomography UK Top 5 Events of the Year! Number 2

    written by hannah_brown on 2012-12-23 #news
    Lomography UK Top 5 Events of the Year! Number 2

    2012 has been quite an eventful year for Lomography UK. There have been parties, launches, exhibitions, cocktails and laughter. Now we are about to start a brand new year where the fun starts all over again. So we've collected the most memorable and eventful moments of the past 12 months in our Lomography UK Top 5 Events of the Year! See if you can guess what came in at number 1?

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  • Lomography CN 800 Film: THE negative film for street photography?

    written by uncle_jay on 2011-11-04 #gear
    Lomography CN 800 Film:  THE negative film for street photography?

    Street photography is unpredictable. So the last thing you should worry about is whether that roll of film you have chosen for the day (or night) is fast enough for the conditions.

  • The Caviar Diaries – Chapter 5: Azerbaijan

    written by jeanmendoza on 2011-10-15
    The Caviar Diaries – Chapter 5: Azerbaijan

    Next stop, Azerbaijan! On with the Caviar Diaries adventure!

  • Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 10: Meeting # 2: Close-up Jimmy and his Lomographic Friends

    written by ungrumpy on 2011-09-02
    Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 10: Meeting # 2: Close-up Jimmy and his Lomographic Friends

    Origins: Osaka Ranchu//get as close as possible

  • LC-A Big Book Chapter 94: Care and Repair for Your LOMO LC-A+

    written by ungrumpy on 2011-04-27
    LC-A Big Book Chapter 94: Care and Repair for Your LOMO LC-A+

    It might be handy to know something elementary about first-aid for homo sapiens, but it's vital for a Lomographer to have crucial information about how to keep their beloved photographic tool ticking. In this chapter we provide you with simple explanations and tips to help you look after your camera properly and to prevent simple mistakes. Remember; any attempted repair that is not mentioned in this text is at your own risk and is not covered under the warranty.

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  • LC-A Big Book Chapter 49: The Leningrad: Award Winning Rangefinder Camera

    written by ungrumpy on 2011-02-12
    LC-A Big Book Chapter 49: The Leningrad: Award Winning Rangefinder Camera

    The “Leningrad” (that was actually developed by German war prisoners in St Petersburg) first rolled off the GOMZ belts in 1956 and was the most professional and expensive camera ever produced by the works. Besides its premium optics, a typical feature of all-things GOMZ, it bore a robust silver-top case and had all the attributes that made it a professional range-finder camera: a coupled range-finder, focal-plane and interchangeable lenses.

  • Chapter 13: Advertising and Marketing

    written by ungrumpy on 2011-01-12
    Chapter 13: Advertising and Marketing

    In spite of limited resources when it comes to advertising and marketing, the demand for the LOMO LC-A continued to enjoy steady growth with snap-happy 'Komsomolets' making the effort to purchase the "fantastic plastic camera" from supermarkets and commission shops. Thanks to word of mouth, the seemingly uninspiring packaging of the LOMO LC-A didn't negatively affect the sales of this soon-to-be-iconic product.

  • LC-A Big Book Chapter 10: Problems with Production

    written by ungrumpy on 2011-01-10
    LC-A Big Book Chapter 10: Problems with Production

    A trivial defect during the production of the supposed first batch of LOMO LC-As in 1984 caused problems during production. After extensive work, the various kinks that were found in the first few LOMO LC-As were eventually ironed out and everyone's beloved LOMO camera is finally able to produce the lomographs that it has become known for.

  • Chapter 2: The Ten Golden Rules of Lomography

    written by gabysalas on 2011-01-07
    Chapter 2: The Ten Golden Rules of Lomography

    New to Lomography? Well here are the Ten Golden Rules that every serious Lomographer should know by heart.

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  • Lomography's World Congress London 2007

    written by devoncaulfield on 2011-01-07 #videos
    Lomography's World Congress London 2007

    The Lomographic Society was invited by the London Design Festival to present a decade’s worth of Lomographic magic in an extraordinary exhibition - what was to be the 7th Lomography World Congress.The LomoWorldWall, presented on Trafalgar Square in the centre of London, featured 100,000 images from artists, individuals and groups from all parts of the world – all this made it the biggest Lomographic project to date! The congress united Lomographers from London and the rest of the world.

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  • Chapter 3: The Lomography Manifesto

    written by cruzron on 2011-01-07
    Chapter 3: The Lomography Manifesto

    One Sunday afternoon, a Lomographer came up with the 'Lomographic Manifesto' which, was also inspired by the first 12 months of Lomography which is filled with all sorts of adventures, discussions, and thoughts from the eager young Austrians who 'discovered' the unique plastic camera during a trip the LC-As' motherland.

  • Viana do Castelo Municipal Library, Portugal

    written by afd_lsi on 2009-08-12 #places
    Viana do Castelo Municipal Library, Portugal

    Viana do Castelo Municipal Library isn’t so different from all the other libraries. It’s a place where books are and where knowledge is kept. But it can have a different environment.

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  • Real Gabinete Português de Leitura

    written by wil6ka on 2009-05-23 #places
    Real Gabinete Português de Leitura

    There are few places in the world, which I have visited because of one pictures I have seen of it. Such a place is the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura. A colonial library in the centre of Rio. A couple of years ago I was intrigued by a massive grand format picture from Andreas Gursky. He is one of the most famous photographers of our time, he surely is the most expensive one. His technique is to manipulate and enlarge pictures. His topic is the gathering of large groups and the enhancements of architectonic structures. He also chose the Gabinete as a sujet and that was, why I went there.

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  • "Square Head" Building by Sosno (Nice)

    written by vicuna on 2009-03-12 #places
    "Square Head" Building by Sosno (Nice)

    The "Square Head" is a sculpture by the french artist Sacha Sosno, and it is also the very first giant sculpture to have been transformed in a habitable building.

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