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• Think Twice Before Tossing Away Your Film Canisters

  2018-08-13 #culture #tutorials

  

  What do you do with your ever-growing collection of film canisters? Don't throw them away just yet — here are a couple of crafty solutions to reduce your plastic waste.

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• Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: Documentary Work of Singapore's Mindy Tan

  written by crissyrobles on 2018-08-13 #culture

  

  Singaporean photographer Mindy Tan captured the nation's grief when prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away in 2015.

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• Monday Moodboard: As Soft as Sofia

  2018-08-13 #culture

  

  The famed auteur's cinematic aesthetics will get you all daydreaming this week with our very pictorial Monday Moodboard.

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• The World According to Herr Willie – Death in the Philippines

  written by wil6ka on 2018-08-12 #culture #places

  

  Wherever I go I am drawn to cemeteries, as the culture of death always tells a lot about the people, who live it. In the Philippines I stumbled about a variation of outstanding customs and rituals that left me partly in awe. This is a tale of life and death in the Philippines.

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• Charles Chusseau-Flaviens: the Photojournalist Without a Face

  2018-08-11 #culture

  

  His name may be estranged from the world of art photography, but Charles Chusseau-Flaviens is a relevant name to photography history. This is the work of a famous enigma.

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• Sebastian Buzzalino at Sled Island

  written by sarahlindsayk on 2018-08-10 #gear #culture

  

  Music photographer Sebastian Buzzalino brought the Lomo'Instant Automat and Petzval 85 Art Lens to Sled Island.

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• Found in Translation: Uitwaaien in the Summer

  2018-08-09 #culture

  

  The summer heat may be intense, but a stroll through the breeze would do just the trick to refreshen you. Here's how to 'uitwaaien'.

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• Color Chronicles: the Revered Maya Blue

  2018-08-08 #culture

  

  This ancient Mayan color is one of the rare blues that can stand the test of time.

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• "West of Babylonia": A Documentary

  written by sarahlindsayk on 2018-08-07 #culture

  

  We got to chat with documentary filmmakers, Emanuele Mengotti and Marco Tomaselli who's new film "West of Babylonia" details the lives of those occupying Slab City, a self proclaimed new society. Working with the LomoKino and Petzval Lens, the duo made a stunning film.

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• Monday Moodboard: Chilling by the Poolside

  2018-08-06 #culture

  

  For Lomographers looking out for cheap yet mood-relieving spots for the weekday, a little dip in the pool won't hurt. Make the weekdays bearable with this Monday Moodboard.

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• Inge Morath: From a Photographic Cosmos

  written by cheeo on 2018-08-05 #culture #news

  

  Catch former MAGNUM photographer Inge Morath’s work on display at the Das Verborgene Museum before it closes this end of August.

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• How Mistakes Fit Into Photography

  written by cheeo on 2018-08-04 #culture

  

  Missteps and mistakes are part of the photographic process. It’s time you embrace them.

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• Newcomer of the Week: Vineeth Jason Putti

  2018-08-03 #culture #people

  

  Get to know our featured Community newcomer Vineeth Jason Putti from Bangalore, India.

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• Found in Translation: Searching for Santosha

  2018-08-02 #culture

  

  For other cultures, there are many layers of bliss, and santosha is the highest. We can't help but wonder if we, mere mortals, are capable of achieving what seems like the impossible.

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• Color Chronicles: The Fashionable Jonquil

  2018-08-01 #culture

  

  You've probably never heard of the bright jonquil, but before Europe's been swooning over violet and purples in the late 19th century, this yellow hue was "It".

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• Puaki — Portrait Series by Michael Bradley

  written by cheeo on 2018-07-31 #culture #people #videos

  

  This new photo and video project from Michael Bradley explores the connection between photography and Maori culture.

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• Places to Go for Traveling Lomographers: Burning Man

  2018-07-31 #culture

  

  For the wandering Lomographer, we've got some alternative locations and destinations you might want to check out for picture-perfect travelogues. In the middle of a Nevadan desert during summertime, you might find yourself lucky to spot a creative soul's oasis.

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• Monday Moodboard: Desert Dreams

  2018-07-30 #culture

  

  The outside world seems like a desert this summer! Mirages are here and there, and the chronic Monday migraine makes our illusions more vivid. We might as well stretch out our imagination, with this Monday Moodboard.

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• Color Chronicles: Wearing Khaki

  2018-07-29 #culture

  

  Stray from your basic primary and secondary colors and take a walk across the color wheel. We'll be having khaki this week as Lomography tries to understand the meaning of this earthy pastel color.

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• The Photographic Archive of Roald Amundsen's Icy Expedition

  2018-07-29 #culture

  

  There have been many adventurers during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Expedition, but the most popular voyage would be.Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition – arriving five weeks before his other competitors. Take a look into the vintage archives of the travels.

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• Found in Translation: Hyppytyynytyydytys

  2018-07-27 #culture

  

  Hyppytyynytyydytys is a word that will most likely not be a word you'll be saying or verbalizing in ordinary conversation, but it's a Finnish word and concept you will surely relate to.

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• Found in Translation: Hearing Wai-wai

  2018-07-26 #culture

  

  The beauty of language is the variance of meanings and words that are exclusive to a culture. Have you ever heard of children and their ‘wai-wai’?

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• From a Time Long Gone — Tintype Photography by Steven Glynn

  written by cheeo on 2018-07-24 #culture #people #videos

  

  There are just people who prefer to do it the old way and tintype photographer Steven Glynn is one of them.

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• Monday Moodboard: A Tropical Vibe

  2018-07-23 #culture

  

  This week's Monday Moodboard is meant for relieving your weekday anxieties with chill palm trees and piña coladas.

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• Color Chronicles: Pure Coquelicot

  2018-07-21 #culture

  

  Colors mean differently for all walks of life. For this week we have coquelicot, a bright red named from the wild corn poppy. Lomography tries to understand the meaning of each complex color found in the gradient and what it means for most of us photographers.

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• Timothy O'Sullivan's Landscapes of the Western Border

  2018-07-18 #culture

  

  Before the iconic work of Ansel Adams on West America, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan was already memorializing the wilderness, and it was all taken during the 19th century.

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• Monday Moodboard: A Salad for the Dog Days

  2018-07-16 #culture

  

  The scorching summer heat is back! Start your week by freshening up with in-season fruits featured on our Monday Moodboard.

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• Found in Translation: Engulfed by ‘Degrassé’

  2018-07-15 #culture

  

  The beauty of having different languages is that some concepts are estranged from us. That doesn't mean we can't relate to it, though. Let's put a name on the feeling of being overwhelmed by the universe with ‘degrassé’.

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• Color Chronicles: Patina Green

  2018-07-14 #culture

  

  Colors mean differently for all walks of life. The color Patina is a color that comes from aging, and we're here to discuss how this color morphs in real life.

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• Instant Artistry — An Interview With Maija Karisma

  written by cheeo on 2018-07-11 #culture #people

  

  It takes a certain level of dedication to master a craft. Photographer Maija Karisma knows about that all too well and has poured in great time and effort into the creation of her dreamy and nuanced instant photographs.

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