Some months ago, my mother saw me buying photo-rolls and asked me, surprised, why I did so. She listened to my explanation about Lomography with attention, since she was keen on photography herself when she was young.
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Some days later, she came to my room with something in her hands. Kept in its cover full of dust was a Praktika Super TL 1000 from the 80s.
It was in perfect condition. My mother bought it when I was born, and it was with the same camera she used to take my first pictures.
She also gave me a box full of slides and negatives, but mostly slides. She told me she was such a slide enthusiast, partly because the place where she used to buy film developed it for the same price.
Of course, I scanned each and every one of them, and found beautiful pictures like this one:
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Or like this one.
Also, such curious pictures such as this, where one can see the swimsuit trends of the time.
Photo by isabel_mebarak
It took no time for me to put a new roll to experiment with the camera myself.
This is my favorite from that roll:
Photo by isabel_mebarak
I cheered her on to take the camera again, and to give me some advice. I also offered her to take my Lomo cameras for a spin.
Right now she is on holiday with all my cameras.
Lomo on!
2 comments
pomps
Que suerte con la camara! las fotos son preciosas!
wuxiong
What a cool camera... Sweet story .... lovely childhood pics....<:)