Here you will find a handpicked selection of the best articles.
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★ Steve Jobs Sitting in an Almost Unfurnished Room Only Lit by a Tiffany Lamp Having a Cup of Tea
To quote Steve Jobs: "This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had." – this photo was taken in 1982. RIP Steve Jobs, 1955–2011.
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★ Creepiest Ghost Photos Ever: The Brown Lady
October has just begun and before we know it, Halloween will soon be quick on its heels to terrify us. So, let us get ready for the fright night by revisiting some of the creepiest ghost photos ever taken, starting with one of the most popular: "The Brown Lady."
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★ Marilyn Monroe Combines Lifting Weights, Wearing Jeans and Still Looking Classy
This awesome photo of Marilyn Monroe was taken by famous photographer Philippe Halsman.
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★ Katharine Hepburn on a Skateboard
We love Katharine Hepburn. We love skateboarding. So this is a dream come true: Katharine Hepburn on a skateboard, classy as one can be. Maybe not as overly descriptive as our other articles in this series, but come on: Katharine Hepburn! On a skateboard!
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★ Arnold Schwarzenegger Not Getting Distracted by a Girl in a Tiny Knitted Bikini While Staring at a Glass of Brandy
Basically we didn't know where to start with this photo – there's just too much going on: Arnold Schwarzenegger to begin with, the glass of brandy (at least we think it's brandy), the girl, the yellow bathing wear, …
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★ What the hell is Tungsten film?
Today we launch the first Lomography Tungsten film, Lomography X Tungsten 64 ISO – If you’re not sure what the hell tungsten film is, read this!
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★ Frank Sinatra Stepping out of His Helicopter With a Whiskey Glass in Hand
First I thought this is just a great photo of – well – Frank Sinatra stepping out of his helicopter with a whiskey glass in hand. But while looking for the source of the photo I found out it's been taken by fellow actor Yul Brynner.
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★ Twiggy: Forever Fabulous and Fashionable
It's all-out fashion week here on Lomography's Magazine! Today, let us all twist and shout as Twiggy, "The Face of '66," blows us away with her eternally voguish looks and style.
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★ Best of the Best: Richard Avedon
"Photography has always reminded me of the second child... trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn’t really considered an art... that it was considered a craft... has trapped almost every serious photographer." – Richard Avedon
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★ Fashion in Film: Photos by Winona Barton-Ballentine
While fashion photography today remains dominated by digital convenience, a handful of photographers still prefer to work with film. Meet Winona Barton-Ballentine, a Brooklyn-based fashion photographer who prefers to capture style in analogue flavor.
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★ Vintage Exposed Film Found in an Auction
Looking through the antique camera section of MercadoLibre can result in very interesting finds. Sometimes in the shape of uncommon cameras; others, in the form of little windows into the past, and some strangers´ life.
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★ Greg Ash's 10 Reasons Why 'Shooting Film Makes You Arty'
Film photographers are innately artsy. Everything they do, whatever kind of pictures they take: they are, more or less, automatically considered to be funky-fartsy. Every film photographer's self-portrait is his/her diary — or another just "another arty accident," says blogger Greg Ash.
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★ Under the Needle: Permanent Lomography Love
Swallows, stars, anchors, a heart with the name of your love: they're all well known tattoos. But what if you're love isn't a person, but a camera?
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★ What's in Your (Camera) Bag?
Many of us occasionally get curious about what's inside someone's bag. But have you ever wanted to rummage inside a fellow photographer's bag? A newly-launched website feeds your curiosity with photos and videos of photographers and their weapons of choice--mostly delicious analogue goodies!
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★ Hipster Ipsum
Do you need some text for your website or whatever? *sigh* Okay… What about Butcher lo-fi officia placeat iPhone lomo food truck mixtape?
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★ SPOTTED: Kristen Bell Sporting the Diana Mini on Late Night Television
Look who made a special appearance on late night TV! Our very own beauty, the Diana Mini!
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★ Dennis Morris' Portraits of Reggae Rebels and Punk Rockers
"From the first time I saw a photograph being developed and printed, I was hooked. I couldn't believe it. It was like magic." — Dennis Morris
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★ Mary's Photo Diary: My Whole Life Is a Darkroom
Like Lydia Deets from the Burton flick, Beetlejuice, Mary Robinson's life can be likened to a darkroom. Read on to see how Mary combines art and photography to yield such stunning film photographs.
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★ Warhol, the Missing Portrait, and the Polaroid
It’s probably a well known fact that Andy Warhol and his Polaroid cameras got along really well. Images of Warhol with his instant companions are not too rare and this certainly comes as no surprise from the king of consumerism and instant gratification himself.
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★ Mary Ellen Mark: Circuses and Prostitutes
Whether prostitutes in Bombay, homeless teenagers in Seattle or circus performers in Vietnam, Mary Ellen Mark’s (b.1940) images have excelled at recording the lives of people on the margins of society in a dramatic and visually compelling way. Mark's images resonate with emotional and psychological force. They are rooted in reality, and many of them record the faces behind social issues.