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• Photographs from the 1959 Kitchen Debate

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-26 #culture

  

  The Cold War brought many eccentricities in history -- for one, was the Kitchen Debate of 1959, a series of exchanges between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet supremo Nikita Khrushchev.

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• Monday Moodboard: Warm Weather Aesthetics

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-26 #culture

  

  Th temperature rises up as longer days and shorter nights are abound. For our Monday Moodboard, we hope we motivate you with nothing but an optimistic gallery befitting the lax yet inspiring visuals of summertime.

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• The Analogue Sky Palette

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-24 #culture

  

  The sky is the limit, and film photography continues to extend the boundaries by shifting the hues of the heavenly body.

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• "Migrant Mother": The Tale Behind America's Most Famous Photograph

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-24 #culture #videos

  

  The famous Great Depression photograph has stood the test of time and is one of the most recognizable photographs in photographic history. But what is the story behind Dorothea Lange's image?

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• 1970's: Revisiting Youth & "Class Favorites" by the Yearbook

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-23 #culture

  

  Have you visited your old school yearbook in high school? We look into one from the 1970's, and the photographs and captions just have us laughing as we walk down on memory lane.

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• Portraits of Rockabilly Gangs of 80's France

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-23 #culture

  

  The 1950's rockabilly fashion and music trend, marked by white, working class, rural America and the combination of blues, country and rock n' roll, peaked in the 1950's. However, rockabilly may have just gotten one of its ultimate hurrahs in the 1980's when France went crazy over the trend.

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• "Physogs": A Vintage Game of Pictures

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-22 #culture

  

  Back when virtual face-swaps and mobile games were yet to conceive, leisure time was spent on board and card games. The photo-fit "Physogs" game was among the popular sets in the 1930's.

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• Poetry in Motion – Conceptual Film Photography by Misha Gordin

  written by cheeo on 2017-06-21 #culture #people

  

  A master of traditional darkroom processes, Misha Gordin creates out-of-this-world images that are awe-inspiring to say the least.

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• Indie Street Film Festival x Lomography: Cinematic Images

  written by katphip on 2017-06-21 #culture #news

  

  We've teamed up with the creators of the Indie Street Film Festival for the Cinematic Images Competition. We're looking for the most unique photographers who are able to find a balance between cinema and still photographic styles. The winner will receive 2 All-Access badges to the festival.

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• The Color Palettes of Sofia Coppola

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-21 #culture

  

  We break down the cinematic colors of filmmaker Sofia Coppola, often drenched under natural light and softness.

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• Memories in Monochrome – Film Photography by Noah Jashinski

  written by cheeo on 2017-06-20 #culture #people

  

  Art photographer Noah Jashinski always keeps an eye out for that extraordinary moment. Always

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• "herbeauty": A Magazine Redefining Women's Portraiture

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-20 #culture

  

  This minimalist corner in the web is no ordinary collective. "herbeauty" magazine showcases women portraiture that challenges the innate beauty found in every woman.

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• The Weird and Whimsical World of Abandoned Cars

  written by cheeo on 2017-06-20 #culture #places

  

  Beauty and ruin collide at the International Car Forest of the Last Church.

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• Graphic Matches in the Memorable Films of 2016

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-19 #culture #videos

  

  As more people develop refined tastes in film and cinema, many filmmakers have been upping up their game to become the best among the rest. Here's a roundup of 2016's best films, paired through graphic match cuts.

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• Vintage Postcards of Rural France

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-19 #culture

  

  The ever-expanding Flickr Commons just had a new addition of photography history. From the libraries of the Médiathèques Valence Romans Agglo are old postcards of rural, southeastern France.

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• Monday Moodboard: Anticipating Summertime

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-19 #culture

  

  Summer solstice beckons just around the corner. Celebrate the beginning of the new season with the new freedom you unlock with this Monday Moodboard.

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• Filmmakers Love Mirrors

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-18 #culture #videos

  

  Since the beginning of cinema, many filmmakers have been fond of using mirrors to create artistic, moving stills and scenes. There's more to looks and reflections in images, after all.

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• Nostalgic Florida of the 1950's

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-16 #culture

  

  In Florida, it's always summer. Revisit 1950's Florida through these colorful photographs from the vintage archives.

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• The Issue of Colorizing Vintage Photographs

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-14 #culture #videos

  

  We love to reimagine those old black and white photographs from the vintage archives, but does it alter history or just add more meaning?

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• Antique Photograms Stars of the Seas

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-14 #culture

  

  German zoologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein traveled to the Far East so he could study marine life. Enjoy vintage photography with these illustrative images of starfishes, sea urchins and crinoids.

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• "Fragments": A Short Film on Reminiscing Lost Love Through Photographs

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-13 #culture #videos

  

  The value of the printed image is emphasized in the short, award-winning black-and-white film of Japanese filmmaker Yoko Nagao.

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• Recreating Hieronymus Bosch Paintings Into Photographs

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-13 #culture

  

  Photographer Lori Pond remakes the paintings of Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch into pictures. It doesn't get any more surreal than this.

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• Early Algae Cyanotype Prints by Anna Atkins

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-13 #culture

  

  One of the earliest photographers was a woman, who was also a botanist. Her name is Anna Atkins, and she's the first person to publish an illustration book with photographic images.

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• Monday Moodboard: Art Pollution

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-12 #culture

  

  Breakfast, commute, work, lunch, commute, home. Boring Mondays and weekdays are painful. Spice up your weekday a little bit with of noise. Let these street-art Lomographs fascinate you and evoke the rebel in you.

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• Lomographic Diaries: Life on the Pedal

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-10 #culture

  

  Wake up, get up and pedal on. Enjoy the romanticism of the two-wheel bicycle in our curated gallery depicting daily life on the pedal -- analogue style.

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• Browse Through NASA's Public Archive for Out of the World Images

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-09 #culture

  

  Got nowhere to surf around the Internet? Then time to blast off to outer space. Take a virtual tour of the unknown yonder through NASA's open photo archive.

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• Portraits of the Onna Bugeisha: The Female Samurai

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-09 #culture

  

  The myth of the female samurai is widely glorified across the world. However, such warrior actually existed. They were called the 'onna bugeisha'.

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• Vintage Victorian Ink: Art of Tattooing

  written by lomographymagazine on 2017-06-07 #culture

  

  These photographs of tattoos done by Victorian era artist Sutherland Macdonald are for the posh and 'leisured people of taste'.

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• Keeping Mum on Masculinity

  written by cheeo on 2017-06-07 #culture #people

  

  What makes a man? Is it the way he talks or the way he acts? This series by Scarlett Coten touches on the concept of masculinity in an ever evolving world.

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• First Impressions with the Neptune Convertible Art Lens System: B.A. Van Sise

  written by Lomography on 2017-06-06 #culture #people

  

  Photojournalist and "Gentleman Adventurer" B.A. Van Sise visited the Steampunk World's Fair with the Neptune Convertible Art Lens System. The subject perfectly matched the optics according to Van Sise -- read on to find out why and more about these unique photographs.

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