I love my lomo kompakt automat LC-A; it’s as addictive as it is expensive. For many years the camera has been an extension of my everyday life, rolling off snaps whenever I remember that the camera is in my bag or if something unique catches my eye. I’ve been a Lomographer since 2002 when I bought my first LC-A package from the Australian Lomo Embassy on Oxford Street. Since then I’ve bought a Holga, another LC-A off a friend and the Loreo 3D Lens (shooting 3D film is v.cool). “From the Hip” is my first compilation of Lomos compiled into book form. There’s something amazing about holding your own published work. Maybe it’s the feel of the sexy matte paper stock, maybe its hard cover and paper sleeve or maybe it’s the admiration you feel as it sits atop your coffee table. Having a printed book lends an air of credibility and a sense of achievement that you just don’t get by hosting pictures online. Here are some of my favourites:
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* You can purchase the “From the Hip” coffee table book as a Soft Cover for US$24.95 and the Hard Cover for US$35.95. All proceeds go towards the purchase of more film and processing. Please help keep this addiction alive.
Links
- blurb > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/99040
- flickr > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaintietzel/
- Australian Lomo Embassy > http://www.lomography.com.au/
- The 10 Rules of Lomography > http://www.lomography.com/about/
The Disturbing Beauty Of Oversaturated Pictures and Lomography > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/20/the-disturbing-beauty-of-oversaturated-pictures/
Special Note: owning a supersampler or pop9 does not a lomographer make.
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February 13th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
[...] I’m also going to be working pretty heavily on the blog, starting up the photographic tumblr blog, twitting and working on the new PhotoMerchant website, template designs and the next revisions of the member interface. So you’ll be hearing a lot more from me. You can read a little more about my background in the bio section, but to give you a quick sampler; you could say that i’m an amateur photographer with grand ambitions of selling my photographic art online. My digital camera is a Cannon EOS450D but my real photographic passion is my Lomography. [...]
February 6th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
[...] I’m also going to be working pretty heavily on the blog, starting up the photographic tumblr blog, twitting and working on the new PhotoMerchant website, template designs and the next revisions of the member interface. You can read a little more about my background in the bio section, but to give you a quick sampler; you could say that i’m an amateur photographer with grand ambitions of selling my photographic art online. My digital camera is a Cannon EOS450D but my real photographic passion is my Lomography. [...]
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