My Operalolo and helga
Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:05:23 AM
Lomography is the big rage. The Lomographic Society has brought back into life the wonderful russian Lomo cameras.
On the same wave runs the success of the Holga, a cheap medium-format Chinese toy-camera which takes pictures with a wonderful "surrealistic, impressionistic"[citation needed] touch. I love my Holga. I am not a lomographer.
And of course, there are others that want to ride the big wave as well - but they are chique, and buy a iPhone instead. With a little bit of extra money, you can even "take a typically crappy photo with the iPhone's camera" and make it look as if it was taken with one of these lo-fi toy-cameras. The true snob's lo-fi. Fake.
Meet Lolo and Helga [sic!].
On the same wave runs the success of the Holga, a cheap medium-format Chinese toy-camera which takes pictures with a wonderful "surrealistic, impressionistic"[citation needed] touch. I love my Holga. I am not a lomographer.
And of course, there are others that want to ride the big wave as well - but they are chique, and buy a iPhone instead. With a little bit of extra money, you can even "take a typically crappy photo with the iPhone's camera" and make it look as if it was taken with one of these lo-fi toy-cameras. The true snob's lo-fi. Fake.
Meet Lolo and Helga [sic!].
