Documentary : THE LOMO CAMERA: SHOOT FROM THE HIP

[ullyss]

If you can receive BBC channel four, here's the docu on Lomo camera



http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/lomo/

THE LOMO CAMERA: SHOOT FROM THE HIP
Thursday 26 August 2004 8.30pm-9.30pm; rpt 11.40pm-12.40am; Saturday 27 August 2am-3am (Friday night)



BBC Four presents a fascinating insight into the bizarre world of Lomography and the camera that inspired it, the Lomo Kompakt Automat.

What's Lomo?

In 1991 a group of Viennese students discovered the Lomo Kompakt Automat when on holiday in Prague. This mass-produced Soviet camera was so cheap and easy to use that they shot rolls of film, ignoring the established rules of "good" photography. The resulting snaps were often odd to look at, out of focus and, due to the character of the Lomo lens, garishly coloured. But they were wonderfully fresh. The craze for Lomo spread so fast that when, in 1996, the St Petersburg manufacturers threatened to stop making the camera, Lomographers stepped in to guarantee all future sales.

Today the Lomographic Society has embassies across the globe with Lomography.com as its base. Hundreds participate in international Lomo events and add to the ever-growing LomoWorldArchive.

[Ally]

Originally Posted by ullyss If you can receive BBC channel four, here's the docu on Lomo camera THE LOMO CAMERA: SHOOT FROM THE HIP Thursday 26 August 2004 8.30pm-9.30pm; rpt 11.40pm-12.40am; Saturday 27 August 2am-3am (Friday night)

Thanks but.. 26 Aug 2004 was sometime back...
Any repeats this year? (or is the short write-up the gist..)

[ullyss]

On the BBC website, there are a few extra bits about the lomo users and their inspirations

The documentary
You can watch it on youtube
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