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Lushi Song Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the Chevalier Ballet in NYC ft. the Lomo LC-Wide
written by eloffreno on 2024-04-22 #gear #culture #people #placesToday, LomoAmigo Lushi Song is back, shifting gears from her usual wedding photography to share behind-the-scenes photos that she took of the ballerinas of the Chevalier Ballet Company in New York City.
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CARRTOONS on Discovering Analogue Photography and Documenting his NPR Tiny Desk Performance with the Lomo'Instant Camera
written by eloffreno on 2024-04-18 #gear #culture #people #videosBen Carr, also known as CARRTOONS, talks with us about finding inspiration in the lo-fi aesthetic, and his experience documenting his NPR Tiny Desk performance with the Lomo'Instant Automat Glass camera.
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Jonathan Mok on His First Impressions of the Diana F+ and Love of 120 Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-04-11 #gear #culture #people #placesJonathan Mok is a California-based photographer and creator with a knack for medium format photography. We knew the Diana F+ camera would be a perfect photographic companion for him!
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Recap: Penumbra Foundation's 2023 Intro to B&W Portraiture and the Darkroom for High School Students
written by eloffreno on 2024-04-03This past summer our friends at Penumbra Foundation hosted another rendition of their annual summer workshop, "Intro to Black & White Portraiture and the Darkroom for High School Students". Students used our Lady Grey B&W film to produce portraits which they displayed in a final pop up exhibition.
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Jan Narciso's LomoChrome Color '92 Medium Format First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2024-03-23 #gear #peopleWe sent California-based photographer Jan Narciso a roll of our LomoChrome Color '92 medium format film and he's here today to show his results! Jan tested the film in a low light setting with and without flash, and gives us his general impressions of shooting with this film stock.
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Graeme Loerke's "Fire in Film" Documents the Frontlines of Fighting Wildfires in Canada
written by eloffreno on 2024-03-13 #gear #people #placesGraeme Loerke is a wildland firefighter based in Canada who has been working on the frontlines of wildfires for the past nine years. His ongoing analogue photography project "Fire in Film" documents and spreads awareness about those individuals working tirelessly to suppress wildfires.
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Softboifilms on Capturing Winter Light with Lomography Color Negative 120 Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-03-09 #gear #people #placesWe sent Brooklyn-based analogue photographer softboifilms a roll of Lomography CN 120 ISO 800 film to test out alongside their distinct aesthetic of warm tones and the beauty of natural light. Check out their results and read about their impressions of the film stock in this interview!
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Kelsey Smith on His Medium Format Journey, Night Photography, and Love for Lomography CN 800 Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-25 #gear #peopleToday we're catching up with LomoAmigo Kelsey Smith about his recent rekindled love for night photography, the magic of medium format, and the nuances of shooting with Lomography Color Negative 800 film.
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Event Recap: 120 on 1/20 Portrait Study with Essential Photo Supply & Jonathan Lovett
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-22 #gear #culture #news #peopleOur efforts to keep medium format alive have snowballed thanks to the support of our community members, LomoAmigos, and film partners. Perfectly exemplifying this is the recent workshop held in collaboration with Essential Photo Supply and led by LomoAmigo Jonathan Lovett.
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Marco Kiko Chan: Celebrating Culture and Friendship with Lomography Color Negative 120 Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-22 #gear #culture #people #placesWith his camera loaded with Lomography Color Negative 120 ISO 400 film, New York City-based photographer Marco Kiko Chan hit the streets with an old friend to reminisce on Filipino culture and snap some incredible shots.
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Jess Among the Wild's Nomadic Self-Portraiture with Lady Grey B&W 120 Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-19 #gear #culture #peopleLifestyle creator Jess Among the Wild shares with us her self-portraits taken on Lady Grey B&W 120 film, tapping into her adventurous side on the road as well as her photographic roots.
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Hugging the Block X Lomography: A Day With Modder's Kitchen and the Simple Use Camera
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-17 #gear #culture #peopleHugging the Block is a community market composed of BIPOC and first-gen Latino immigrant entrepreneurs in California. In the spirit of their mission, today we're highlighting Modder's Kitchen, a family run Jamaican restaurant whose concept is entirely inspired by their matriarch's cooking.
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Hugging the Block X Lomography: A Day With La Brujita del Jardín and the Simple Use Camera
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-09 #gear #culture #peopleIn the spirit of Hugging the Block's mission, we're here today to highlight a day in the life of La Brujita del Jardín — founder Natalie Garcia's lifestyle manifestation brand that she describes as reflecting her own multidimensional spiritual lifestyle — all documented on the Simple Use Camera.
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Kaitlyn Mikayla's Cinematic Horror Shoot with Lomography Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-08 #gear #culture #peoplePhotographer and filmmaker Kaitlyn Mikayla is back to share with us her recent photoshoot inspired by classic horror movies and using her favorite Lomography Color Negative film in both 120 and 35 mm.
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Carson Stachura on Shooting Alternative Drag Performances on Film
written by eloffreno on 2024-02-05 #gear #culture #peopleNYC-based photographer Carson Stachura is back to share what they've been up to recently, specifically their work documenting drag performances in New York City on Lomography Color Negative 400 and 800 film.
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Hugging the Block X Lomography: A Day With LAFOI and the Simple Use Camera
written by eloffreno on 2024-01-30 #culture #peopleHugging the Block is a community market composed of BIPOC and first-gen Latino immigrant entrepreneurs in California. In the spirit of their mission, today we're highlighting designer Alexa Amigon, the founder of lifestyle brand LAFOI.
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Hugging the Block X Lomography: A Day With Pasadena Roots and the Simple Use Camera
written by eloffreno on 2024-01-23 #gear #culture #placesHugging the Block is a community market composed of BIPOC and first-gen Latino immigrant entrepreneurs in California. In the spirit of their mission, we're highlighting the team at Pasadena Roots — a Guatamelan family-owned mobile plant and coffee shop.
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Jjjjuxtapositionnnn's Diana F+ First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2024-01-13 #gear #peopleOregon-based film photographer jjjjuxtapositionnnn recently tried out the Diana F+ for the first time and shot some rolls of our 120 film — all in the name of saving the future of 120. Check out their incredible results!
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Saving 120 with Marina Boichuk and the LomoChrome Family
written by eloffreno on 2024-01-08 #gear #people #videosIn honor of our mission to save medium format, we collaborated with LomoAmigo Marina Boichuk to put our 120 LomoChrome films to the test!
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Cesar Cordone's First Impressions of the Lomo LC-A Minitar-1 Lens
written by eloffreno on 2024-01-04 #gear #peopleWe knew Cesar Cordone's fast-paced, documentary street photography would be the perfect match our super compact Lomo LC-A Minitar-1 2.8/32 Art Lens. With his Leica in hand, he set out to capture the vibrant streets of NYC.
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Tamara Saadé's Uncanny Landscapes with LomoChrome Turquoise and Purple Films
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-26 #gear #culture #peopleLomoAmigo Tamara Saadé is back with us to share her fantastically uncanny LomoChrome Turquoise and LomoChrome Purple shots, as well as tell us about how she's using the unpredictability of film photography to loosen up as 2023 comes to an end.
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Erin McConnell's Intergalactic LomoChrome Turquoise Shots
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-23 #gear #peopleMichigan-based photographer Erin McConnell shares her out-of-this-world project inspired by retro-futurism and shot with LomoChrome Turquoise film.
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Luis Garcia's LomoChrome Color '92 First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-21 #people #placesToday photographer Luis Garcia is back with us to give his first impressions of our new LomoChrome Color '92 film and share his results from a day out in New York City.
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Yasi on Lomography Film, Touring, and 20 Years in the Entertainment Business
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-18 #gear #culture #peopleWe recently had the opportunity to pick Yasi's brain about her love for Lomography Color Negative film, how she got to where she is today, and all of her tips and tricks for aspiring music photographers.
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Angela Izzo and the Diana F+ take on Halloween in New Orleans
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-16 #culture #people #placesLomoAmigo Angela Izzo is known in our community for her striking, psychedelic style. On a recent trip to New Orleans for Halloween and the Day of the Dead, she knew she had to embrace her experimental practice in the name of the season — all with an array of Lomography cameras and film!
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Christian Zajicek on Keeping Film Alive with the Diana F+ and Lomography 800 120 Film
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-12 #gear #peopleSelf-taught artist and analogue photographer Christian Zajicek embraced our Ten Golden Rules by going full-on-Lomo and experimented with different lighting and exposure methods on the Diana F+ with Lomo 800 film.
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Charm Within Everyday Life – Anna Starr Shoots With the Diana F+
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-09 #gear #peopleAnna Starr has a passion for medium format experimental cameras, so we knew she’d be a perfect match for our endlessly creative Diana F+. In these photos she brings attention to the little things we might miss when going about our daily lives.
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Finding Happiness and Melancholy Through Shooting Film: Eli Edwards' LomoChrome Color '92 ISO 400 First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-07 #gear #people #placesNYC and LA-based photographer Eli Edwards tested out our new film stock, LomoChrome Color '92, on a nostalgia-inducing trip with his family to a small town in Missouri.
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Megan Swick on Finding Beauty in Everyday Life with 110 Format Photography
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-05 #gear #peopleMegan Swick sits down to talk to us about her 110 film journey over the years, as well as her first impressions of the Fisheye Baby 110 camera.
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Penelope Peralta on Fashion Photography and Experimenting with the Lomo'Instant Wide
written by eloffreno on 2023-12-02 #gear #peopleNYC-based photographer Penelope Peralta is with us today to discuss why she loves keeping the Lomo'Instant Wide in her everyday kit, and how she's incorporating her experimental instant photography into an upcoming exhibition.
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Sweet Lou Photography's Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-27 #gear #people #videosLast time we spoke with Lou Guarneri was back in 2022, so we knew that the launch of our Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens on Kickstarter was the perfect opportunity to catch up with him while collaborating with our latest lens.
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Anya Broido's Beguiling Portraiture on Lomography's Low ISO Black and White Kino Films
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-27 #gear #peopleNew-York based film photographer Anya Broido is back with us today to showcase her captivating Fantôme Kino and Babylon Kino B&W street shots.
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Danielle Parsons on Utilizing Lomography Films for Experimental Concert Photography
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-26 #culture #peopleLos Angeles-based LomoAmigo and concert photographer Danielle Parsons is back with us today to share her work from the Sound and Fury Music Festival. She perfectly captured the "fury" of the event through its lively crowds and artists, utilizing an array of our films.
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LomoMission X Penumbra Foundation: Long Live the ‘90s Pop-Up Recap
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-25 #gear #cultureIn celebration of the launch of our latest film, LomoChrome Color ‘92, we collaborated with our friends over at Penumbra Foundation to feature some of our spectacular community members' first results with the new film stock.
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"Promised Land" – Lisa Elmaleh's Tells Stories of Migratory Crisis with her 8x10 Large Format Camera
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-05 #culture #peopleLisa Elmaleh's work "Promised Land/Tierra Prometida" documents the landscape, aid workers, and migrants on the US-Mexico border. Her photos, which were made on an 8x10 analogue camera, lead to her winning Google's Creative Labs and Aperture Foundation's 2023 Creator Labs Photo Fund.
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Smiles Meyer's Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens First Impressions
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-03 #gear #peopleCalifornia-based photographer Smiles Meyer is no stranger to our creative lenses and they're back to tell us all about their Matrix inspired shoot with our new Nour Triplet Bokeh Control Art Lens.
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WORTHLESSSTUDIOS is Back for FREE FILM: NYC - HARLEM With Artist-in-Residence Kevin Claiborne
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-02 #culture #peopleWORTHLESSSTUDIOS is back for their latest iteration of FREE FILM: NYC, with their next stop in Harlem alongside artist-in-residence Kevin Claiborne.
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Jonathan Lovett's "off the beaten path, there is a flowering" Examines How Queerness and Nature Coincide
written by eloffreno on 2023-11-01 #culture #peopleJonathan Lovett began his photographic journey back in 2017 by creating his LomoHome. In a full-circle moment he is back with us today to discuss his thesis work at Parsons School of Design, where he graduated this past May.
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Cameron Hoerth's Mystical Renaissance Shots with the LomoApparat
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-28 #gear #culture #peopleKnown for finding magic in the Mundane, Wisconsin-based photographer Cameron Hoerth recently combined his documentary style with the experimental LomoApparat and otherworldly effect of our LomoChrome Purple color-shifting film at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.
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Self-Reflective Travel Shots: Sara Messinger's First Impressions of the LomoChrome Color '92 ISO 400 Film
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-26 #gear #peopleWe recently spoke to NYC-based photographer Sara Messinger about her first impressions of shooting our new LomoChrome Color '92 ISO 400 (35 mm) film on a trip to Mexico.
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Recap: NYC Film Photo Gathering 2023
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-22 #cultureTogether with our friends at Brooklyn Film Camera and NYC Film Lab we hosted our epic annual Film Photography Gathering to end the summer with a bang. Despite the weather conditions our community still pulled through for an amazing film-filled day!
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Raising a Gen Alpha Lomographer: Trev Lee and His Four-Year-Old Daughter's Diana F+ Adventures
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-16 #gear #peopleLomoAmigo Trev Lee shares his love for analogue photography with his family, including his daughter Stevie. Recently Trev guided the four-year-old from 35 mm photography to shooting medium format with the colorful Diana F+ CMYK.
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Paloma Cordova, a.k.a. "paloma the peach," Customizes the La Sardina DIY Camera
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-13 #gear #culture #people #videosWe recently collaborated with Texas-based artist paloma the peach and gave her complete artistic freedom to customize a La Sardina DIY Camera and Flash. Check out the final result!
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Ingridi Viruel's Dreamy and Soft First Impression of the Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-11Experimental photographer, filmmaker, and Lomographer Ingridi Viruel recently tested out our Nour Triplet lens and shared her first impressions as well as her tips and tricks for how to capture breathtaking portraits with the lens.
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Isabelle Baldwin's Large Format Experimentation with the LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-09 #gear #peopleArizona-based photographer Isabelle Baldwin has a love for environmentalism and analogue photography, so when we found out that she takes her large format camera on her adventures, we knew she'd be the perfect match for our LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back.
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Nick Collingwood Embraces Vintage Aesthetics in the Digital Medium with the Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens
written by eloffreno on 2023-10-04 #gear #peopleOur LomoAmigo Nick Collingwood is all about embracing the vintage aesthetics of analogue, so he was the perfect candidate to challenge with testing our new Nour Triplet Art Lens.
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Sunny SoCal Shooting: Talya Adams' First Impressions of the New LomoChrome Color '92 ISO 400 Film
written by eloffreno on 2023-09-28 #gear #people #placesLos Angeles based photographer Talya Adams gives us her first impressions of shooting with our brand new LomoChrome Color '92 ISO 400 Film.
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Elena Saviano on Shooting Film and Living in the Moment with the LomoApparat
written by eloffreno on 2023-09-16 #gear #culture #peopleElena Saviano is a New York City and Los Angeles based photographer who's work offers a unique perspective on the interplay between objects, people, and the spaces they inhabit. Recently, her artistic exploration led her to embrace the LomoApparat alongside some Lomo CN 800 film.
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Tina Holowat's "Through the Window and Behind the Curtain" Uses Analogue Photography as a Tool of Self-Reflection
written by eloffreno on 2023-09-13 #peopleTina Holowat is an analogue photographer from New York whose work tackles concepts of self-perception and isolation through self-portraiture.
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Patrick Poole's Summer Roadtrip with the Neptune Convertible Art Lens System
written by eloffreno on 2023-09-09 #gear #people #placesAnalogue photographer Patrick Poole recently took a summer roadtrip throughout the United States We sent Patrick some film and our Neptune Art Lens System to help document his travels and the results certainly didn't disappoint!
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