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• Supernatural Snapshots: William Mumler's Spirit Photos

  
  If you find ghostly apparitions on your film photos creepy, William Mumler found it a lucrative business. Find out how this jewelry engraver established a career as a spirit photographer in the 1860's!
  May 09, 2011 1 comment 6 likes

• Analogue Humanoid Mannequins

  
  Once again, we ravaged the world wide web for more Lomography-inspired outfits and found a number of life-sized / real-life mannequins on Lookbook.nu!
  May 09, 2011 1 comment 29 likes

• ★ Of Wanderlust and Film Cameras

  
  Travel and photography are without a doubt inseparable, but film makes the trip more exciting!
  May 06, 2011 27 comments 89 likes

• Shutter Stories: The Coron Sojourn

  
  Every photo has a story apart from what was caught on film. Here, I present some photos from my trip to Coron and tell the stories behind them.
  May 06, 2011 2 comments 10 likes

• The Photographic Caricature of Carlos Sol Silva

  
  "Besides the warm tones, high dynamic range, being able to do large prints with medium and big format and all that scientific rabble, my favorite part is how unpredictable it is," Carlos Sol Silva says and we, as analogue enthusiasts, agree to this, wholeheartedly.
  May 06, 2011 6 comments 20 likes

• Starting 2011 with Lomography

  
  I first held the Diana F+ in my hands the day before new years' eve, and that moment rekindled my obsession with lomography. But this time, I was determined to keep lomography a part of my daily life, not just a phase that I will grow tired of. What a great new year's resolution!
  May 06, 2011 3 comments 6 likes

• PYHOF: The Way to Memoryhouse

  
  This could be the soundtrack for those quiet moments - lazy mornings, calm afternoons or the moment when you're about to drift off to sleep.
  May 06, 2011 3 comments 11 likes

• Razzle-Dazzle: Hollywood's Classic Glamour Photos

  
  From the Jazz Age in the 1920's to the advent of glamour photography in the 1930's, people around the world were dazzled by elegant photos of their favorite stars. Take a look at some classic Hollywood portraits that continue to influence glamour photography many decades after.
  May 05, 2011 3 comments 17 likes

• In the Company of Fairies: 5 Photographs that Tricked the World

  
  In 1917, two young girls from the village of Cottingley in England managed to take five photographs showing themselves in the company of fairies. People went crazy over the snapshots, with a famous author among the biggest fans!
  May 05, 2011 8 comments 19 likes

• ★ Wear Your Camera Wherever You Go

  
  You've already picked out your favorite shirt and your most comfortable pair of Oxfords. Before stepping out of your house, do not forget to dangle your most beloved Lomographic camera around your neck! Polyvore.com helps us visualize how to be hip while shooting from the hip.
  May 05, 2011 31 comments 98 likes

• it's a wrap: poor as dirt but still (trying!) to shoot in 2010!

  
  2010 was one mean female dog on my wallet. Double that with passing on the love of analogue photography to my daughter meant even less lomography for me. But I made a mean mark, anyway!
  May 05, 2011 11 comments 22 likes

• Twins' Lens Reflexes: The Pulleys' Photography

  
  Kate Pulley and Amanda Pulley are lovely twins, not just biologically, but also photographically. They are the best of friends and together, they create whimsical photographs of each other. Let us dissect their conjoined photographic memories as we get to know them individually. Kate, blow us away!
  May 04, 2011 13 comments 33 likes

• Searching for that perfect photo...

  
  Why I take photos, why I enjoy it and why I can't stop.
  May 04, 2011 4 comments 12 likes

• LomoPresspass Winner Reports on the Final Day of the Alternative Arts & Fashion Week Toronto April 26-29

  
  Josh Cawston, winner of LomoPresspass to the Toronto Arts & Fashion Week show us the final day & closing of an amazing week. Josh is a 22 year old fashion and business shooting analogue for the first time! With all the buzz about the royal wedding there were a few royal wedding inspired shows even more interesting than Kate Middleton. Check out Designer Mitra’s collection and more shots from the show.
  May 03, 2011 1 comment 1 like

• LomoPresspass Winner Reports on Day Three of the Alternative Arts & Fashion Week Toronto April 26-29

  
  Josh Cawston, winner of LomoPresspass to the Toronto Arts & Fashion Week show us day three of the event! Josh is a 22 year old fashion and business shooting analogue for the first time! Getting more extravagant and even a slightly bit more avant-garde the festival really picked up steam in the final days! Thanks for shooting it for us Josh!
  May 03, 2011 3 comments 4 likes

• ★ Them and Their Cameras: Male Photographers in the Movies

  
  "There was once a photographer who captured murder in his photographs." "A young boy from Rio de Janeiro grew up in a violent neighborhood and then he became a photojournalist." "Another photographer, the one with a broken leg, once witnessed a killing through his telephoto lens." Sounds familiar? No? You might need to watch these films first!
  May 03, 2011 43 comments 41 likes

• A Tale of How Lomography Brought Me Outdoors

  
  Before, all I knew in the photography world was digital. Until that one day, I gloriously stumbled upon this fabulous website, with all its colors and wonders, and with the help of that website, I found my self venturing wherever I could possibly go. This is a tale of how I learned that ANYWHERE is a THE place to be.
  May 03, 2011 18 comments 54 likes

• All it took was 2 months, and I'm in love...

  
  It was just 2 months ago when I discovered analogue photography with my own eyes (and heart). I've always wanted to capture moments that inspire me, to keep, and to share with family, friends and even random strangers.
  May 02, 2011 15 comments 20 likes

• ★ Mary's Photo Diary: A Love Affair with My Canon AE-1

  
  As promised, here is Mary's first entry for her very own Photo Diary series wherein she dissects her affinity with her favourite SLR camera.
  May 02, 2011 30 comments 96 likes

• Meet The Toronto Lomography Pop-Up Collective for the CONTACT Photography Festival

  
  The Toronto Lomography Pop-Up Collective is an alternative, self-trained, experimental group representing the social fabric of Toronto. Coming together for one month they pushed the limits of their creative practice supplied with film and cameras the Diana F+ and Lomo LC-A+. To respond to the Contact 2011 theme, their process included weekly workshops at the Lomography Gallery Store Toronto, individual experimentation and a renegade approach to imagining, committing to and executing a body of work.
  May 01, 2011 6 likes