Lomography and You

<p>Hello :-)<br>

I'm a 24 year old French student writing her master's thesis about Lomography and Lomographers. In order to figure out what kind of relationship exist between lomograhers and lomography I made this following quick survey:<br>

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LQV8B8R<br>

I'd happy if you answer it and give me your opinion!<br>

Thank's in advance for your help!<br>

A.</p>

<p>YAWN...... Again</p>

<p>LOMO Original from a LOMO LUBATEL 166 Universal.<br>

<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4985128231_fa9c5a3419_z.jpg" alt="" width="624" height="640" /><br>

No relationship I just collect and use odd cameras. </p>

<p>From the survey:</p>

<h3 ><abbr title="Question 3">3</abbr>. Do you practice any other kind of photography?</h3>

<h3 ><abbr title="Question 7">7</abbr>. In your opinion is it possible to practice lomography without a lomo camera? With softwares for example?</h3>

<p>Possibly the best question on the form:<br>

"Do you know the hipstamatic application for iPhone? What's your opinion about it?"<br>

I'm going to turn off my computer and walk away.</p>

<p>I think the actual idea of Lomography being different to photography itself is absurd. Just a marketing scam.</p>

<p>Well I do own a few LOMO cameras but they were made by LOMO as with the Lubitel use above. and a few old 35mm LOMO manufactured cameras. I did pick up a Fisheye I camera at a yard sale and I own a Holgs but that is for fun shooting along with my other cameras. All the others like the quad shot the 1/4 frame Nickelodeon camera and a few plastic cameras were all Goodwill store finds. including 2 Vivitar Slim and Wides and I think a Golden 1/2 I got that new because it just looked fun but I have an Canon Dimi EE 1/2 frame too.</p>

<p> I don't consider myself a Lomographer I consider myself a film photographer.</p>

<p>I am in total accordance with you Larry. I'm not the least bit happy with people regarding photography and "lomography" as separate entities. Getting started with shooting film, I keeping hearing people scream lomography into my ear.</p>

<p>i did take the survey however just to help out and give an honest opinion</p>

<p>Although Lomography enthusiast might not agree, I prefer to take the sharpest, best exposure picture and then if I want Lomagraphy style effects I introduce them in the printing process. I image that that could be done on the computer as well.<br>

Bottom line: we all haver our individual tests. I just go with what I like. I do sometimes try other methods, but only incorporated them if I like the results.</p>

<p>Absolute marketing garbage...to naive youth that have no knowledge of photohraphy.</p>

I threw my Lomo away after the extremely thin, plastic top plate broke for no apparent reason

one day.

 

Good riddance. If I want the Lomo look I can smear some vaseline on the lens of a good

camera.

<p>This thread is getting a little old now but my $0.02.</p>

<p>I think the Hipstamatic app is kind of cool. I am generally-speaking happier with the weirdness it produces vs. what the standard iPhone camera does:</p>

<p><a title="Angela at Bann Thai by Captain Fannypack, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4997955838_c25c6e059f_z.jpg" alt="Angela at Bann Thai" width="640" height="640" /></a></p>

<p>Anyway, it's <em><strong>fun for me </strong></em>because I would mess with it when I'm goofing around rather than using a 'real camera'. I see little reason to make a huge distinction between 'photography' and 'lomography'. And agree with others that these crap plastic cameras are badly overpriced in an era when you can buy serious used film equipment made to very high standards for (in many cases) less. However there is a certain freedom in using decidedly simple equipment--it in some ways frees you to worry about <em>what </em>you're shooting instead of obsessing about all the settings and technical aspects. I have a couple of these toy cameras and the construction is shockingly terrible--I will be surprised if any of them last for more than a few rolls of film.</p>

<p>Anyway, for me it's no substitute for more serious technical pursuits but can be a fun diversion.</p>

<p>I thought it was dead. Maybe we need to let it lay in the Archives undisturbed. :)</p>

<p>I love my lomo because it is this mixture of quality and crap that varies from photo to photo. I call this image <a href="http://www.bessablog.com/doing-this-more-often/">a happy lomo mistake</a> but when I think of lomography and lomographers I think of people who little or no photographic skill using cheap tricks to make vaguely interesting images. But I salut you for studying them. </p>