Lomography is a globally active organization dedicated to experimental and creative snapshot photography. Boasting more than 500,000 active members across the world, the idea of Lomography encompasses an interactive, democratic, social, cultural, vivid, blurred, and crazy way of life.
This development is supported and furthered by the creation of special tools that were either discovered or specifically designed and manufactured. We’re mostly talking affordable snapshot cameras like the Lomo LC-A+, the Diana+ & Diana F+, the four-lensed Supersampler & Actionsampler, the Colorsplash and Fisheye cameras, and the Holga and Horizon cameras. But there’s also a whole assortment of accessories, including flashes, tripods, films, bags, notebooks, albums, frames, in-house published books; and fashion items to discover as well.
The social and visual philosophy of Lomography has influenced lots of different people—from cultural gurus and creative types to business people, educators, and other professionals. Among these strident supporters and Lomographic camera shooters are quite a few celebrities and well-known creative types, such as Moby, David Byrne, LCD Soundsystem, Vladimir Putin, Master Yuen, Underworld, Giovanni Ribisi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eason Chan (The King of Canton Pop), Franz Ferdinand, Dalek, Eve, Anton Corbijn, Daft Punk, Danny Clinch, Nikki Sixx, Staple Design, Rosie O’Donnell, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Yonehara Yasumasa, Mark Romanek, Jason Lee, Shepard Fairey, Kirsten Dunst, The White Stripes, Kozyndan, Eva Mendes, Bady Minck, the Leningrad Cowboys, and Meatloaf. So you’re in good company!
The Lomographic credo – “be fast, be open-minded, be communicative” – has spread into an approach that is shared throughout the Lomographic network. This special premise is based on the playful combination of lo-tech and hi-creativity, and the amalgamation of a cultural institution with a commercial photographic and design company. This grants our Lomographic Society an exquisite role in this age of borderless global telecommunications wherever images and visual language are involved.