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• Michael Haneke's Long Takes

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-18 #culture #videos

  

  There is a reason why Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke doesn't like to cut. Since 1981, Haneke has been taxonomic with his filmography.

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• From the '60s Vintage Archives: Remembering "The Pad"

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-18 #culture

  

  Do you remember those groovy flats and mod-looking interiors from the '60s? Your contemporary interior designer might go running away from the lack of zen in this gallery, but this was the 'raddest' way people could tell that you were cool.

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• Best of Diana F+: Photos From Year One

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-17 #culture

  

  We honor the best of these gloriously low-fi images shared in the Lomography community back in 2008, a year after the Diana F+ was introduced!

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• The City of Lights in the '70s

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-17 #culture

  

  A Russian tourist named Alex Rusbash once went to the largest capitals in the world. The 1970s was a year less stellar than the Paris we know of today.

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• Best of Diana F+: Multiple Exposure

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-17 #culture

  

  To celebrate a decade of the Diana F+, we collected the best images taken with this classic Lomography camera. Watch how it rearranged and reshaped the world in this gallery of mind-boggling multiple exposures.

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• Masao Yamamoto: Photographs of Quiet Stillness

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-17 #culture

  

  Photographs are synonymous to haiku poems in the work of Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto. Each image presents a moment in life that is fleeting, but through his camera, his audience can enjoy the transience.

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• Pulitzer-Winner Photojournalists on Photography

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-16 #culture #videos

  

  From a snippet that aired on CBS Sunday Morning, "Capturing the Moment" is a segment that focused on photojournalist Eddie Adams, who won his Pulitzer in 1969 for his famous image of a Vietcong prisoner about to be executed at a street in Saigon. Other photographers share their inklings as well.

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• Monday Moodboard: Mad as a Hatter

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-16 #culture

  

  It's just a few nights of sleep away for Halloween, yet Monday continues to drag. This week's no special, but if you're at your wit's end and can't wait for the month-ender celebrations of extravagant horror and garb, start the madness with a zany hat to top it off now.

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• Emotional Spectrum in Pictures: Framing "Waldeinsamkeit"

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-15 #culture

  

  Photography isn't just about the visuals, technicalities or equipment. To be a photographer, you have to capture the unseen and the abstract. And when you do, you grow one step empathetic. Here we review Lomographs that straight out speak of human emotions.

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• Challenging Yourself with Cheap Cameras

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-15 #culture #videos

  

  We here at Lomography know that photography isn't about the gear at all. Making the best photographs rely mostly on your eyes than some nifty piece of tech that a great photographer used.

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• The Most Beautiful Shots of '90s Cinema

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-14 #culture #videos

  

  The '90s saw the rise of independent films and cinema, and it all went as rebellious as it could get ith grunge, rock, and dark cinema. So without further ado, here are some of the '90s most beautiful frames and screen grabs that look as tasteful as a photograph.

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• Remember The Great Tohoku of 2011: Hans-Christian Schink

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-14 #culture

  

  In 2011, Japan witnessed the most powerful earthquake to come into the country, and the aftermath caused a 400km-long stretch of tsunami, devastating cities and villages, caused by a nuclear accident in Fukushima. A year after, a photographer visits the place.

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• Anders Petersen's Encounters at Cafe Lehmitz

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-13 #culture

  

  In 1960's Hamburg, there was once a cafe named Café Lehmitz, and it was the heart of the red light district; and once upon a time, an 18-year old Anders Petersen visited this place.

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• Top 10 Cinematographers From Then to Now

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-13 #culture #videos

  

  A cinematographer sometimes called the director of photography (DP) is the chief artist responsible for the aesthetic and technical decisions related to a moving image, often found in film, television production or live action piece. Here are the 10 cream of the crop.

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• Lomographic Color Studies: The Belt of Venus

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-13 #culture

  

  We've finally nailed down the basic colors from primary to secondary; now it's time to study other colors, hybrids, and palettes that make this world more complex and non-binary. We run in gradients, and such is the sky and its twilight wedge.

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• Festivals of India

  written by shivanisohal on 2017-10-12 #culture #places

  

  Although India celebrates festivals all year around, but this particular time of the year is a special one! You will see colorful lights, good food and festive events everywhere you go, all lit up to get you in a festive mood!

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• William Wegman and the Joy of Being a Dog Photographer

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-12 #culture #videos

  

  While many would identify themselves as portraitists, landscapists or street shooters, American photographer William Wegman is a unique sort of photographer. For 45 years, Wegman's known to the world as the "dog photographer".

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• Alice Austen: a Photographer and Icon of LGBTQ

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-12 #culture

  

  Alice Austen was a 19th-century New Yorker and photographer who loved to challenge the Victorian conventions and traditions by embracing her uniqueness and individuality. Now, she is considered a pioneer and icon of the LGBTQ community.

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• LomoReporter: Sarah Knoll at Photoville

  written by katphip on 2017-10-11 #culture #places

  

  Thoughts and questions about Photoville 2017. Photoville is a photography festival celebrating contemporary photographers and photo gear.

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• Wong Kar Wai's Favorite Films

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-11 #culture #videos

  

  The Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker Wong Kar Wai enlists his favorite films from then to now, and why he thinks they deserve the rewatch.

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• A Walk Through Indian Architecture

  written by shivanisohal on 2017-10-11 #culture #places

  

  Indian architecture has evolved through centuries due to historical forces, geographical and socio-economic conditions. Indian architecture displays different periods of time in the history. Here are some eras of Indian architecture.

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• Learning from Poet Charles Bukowski on Being An Artist

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-10 #culture #tutorials #videos

  

  The American poet Charles Bukowski has some lines to resonate with you on your creative woes. Whether you're a writer, painter, photographer, or musician, you know that what he says applied to anyone who has imagination and creativity running through their veins.

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• Why Studying Ansel Adams Matters

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-09 #culture #videos

  

  The American photographer and landscapist Ansel Adams is already a household name -- an immense icon of his own right that just by a single look of a photograph, you'd see his trademark. And there's a reason why he's a photographer you should look up to.

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• Franco Fontana: Master of Color, Lines, and Abstraction

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-07 #culture #videos

  

  Known as the inventor of the photographic line, "concept of line", get to know the Italian master photographer Franco Fontana and his oeuvre.

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• Trends & Relics from 1992 to Yonder: Clueless

  written by Lomography on 2017-10-06 #culture

  

  The '90s was a memorable, incredible decade. Apart from the founding of Lomography and the community, there were other fads and pop culture icons that made noise, forever etching in the minds of many. Twenty-five years later, we still make memes out of "Clueless".

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• From the Cinema: Art-Inspired Movie Posters

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-05 #culture #videos

  

  It shouldn't surprise you when works by Andy Warhol, Michelangelo, David Hockney, Salvador Dali, and more, are found in pieces of cinema such as in movie posters. After all, cinema is about art imitating life, and what better source to steal and recreate through great artists themselves?

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• Vintage Portraits from the Honky Tonk-Era

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-05 #culture

  

  A honky-tonk was both a bar and a style of music that originally referred to bawdy variety shows of Old West. In this collection, we see people who got high with music and drunk with alcohol while dancing to the country music genre in the '70s.

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• Trends & Relics from 1992 to Yonder: Of Pagers and Beepers

  written by Lomography on 2017-10-05 #culture

  

  The '90s was a memorable, incredible decade. Apart from the founding of Lomography and the community, there were other fads and pop culture icons that made noise, forever etching in the minds of many...and before our smartphones, say "07734" to the pager.

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• Color Slides During the Stalin-Era from a U.S. Spy

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-10-04 #culture

  

  Major Martin Manhoff was an American spy sent to the USSR to capture everyday life in Moscow. Years later, his color slides have been retrieved by a historian named Douglas Smith.

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• Trends & Relics from 1992 to Yonder: Viennetta Ice Cream

  written by Lomography on 2017-10-04 #culture #videos

  

  The '90s was a memorable, incredible decade. Apart from the founding of Lomography and the community, there were other fads and pop culture icons that made noise, forever etching in the minds of many... and who could ever forget those velvety Viennetta ice cream on commercials?

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