Inspiration: Lomography

So, here's the story. LOMO = Leningradskoye Optiko Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie (The Leningrad Optical Mechanical Society), ha! There, I almost got crazy typing that :-) Yup, as many wonderful things in life, Lomo started in Russia :-) In 1983 the only thing missing to the perfect life was a machine capturing it. So the first plastic camera known as Lomo Compact Automat was created, spreading across all socialist countries. But, as many wonderful things in life, it was gradually found not to be so perfect and sadly died out. 
It was only in the 90's that some young Austrian tourist found an old Lomo in a Czech bazaar, put in a film and were fascinated by the results. The contrast, colours and atmosphere of the pics were very unique to the digital era. As they say, the rest is history. And the future is analog :-) 
To see all the cameras and find out more go to here (Slovak) or here (worldwide).

Kde bolo tam bolo... LOMO = Leningradskoye Optiko Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie (Leningradská Optická Mechanická Spoločnosť). Tak, tak, ako mnoho hodnotných vecí v živote, aj Lomo vzniklo v Rusku :-) V roku 1983 jediná vec, chýbajúca k dokonalému životu bola mašinka, ktorá ho zachytí, a tak soudruzi z CCCP vyrobili plastovú škatuľku známu ako Lomo Compact Automat. Škatuľka sa rýchlo udomácnila aj v ostatných socialistických krajinách, ale ako mnohé dokonalé veci v živote, zistilo sa, že nie je až taká dokonalá (divne ostrí, robí divné farby) a zapadla prachom.
Až v 90-tych rokoch dvaja mladí Rakúšani na potulkách českými bazármi našli staré Lomo, dali doňho film a nestačili sa diviť. Kontrast, farby a atmosféra fotiek pôsobili v digitálnej dobe fascinujúco. A stále tak pôsobia. Toť krátka história. A ako verní lomomaniaci hovoria, budúcnosť je analógová :-)
Všetky lomá a čo dokážu robiť, nájdete na stránke lomography.sk tu.  Alebo na Facebooku tu.

Naschmarkt in Vienna by FishEye.

 

FishEye at Pohoda festival. Can it already be summer, please? Rybie oko na Pohode. Ja už si prosím leto, dobre?

I own the FishEye and the SuperSampler (and would love to have a Diana). Just two of the Lomo cameras that give you a creative space to fool around, and your pics the atmosphere of the film that can not be replaced. Okay, I obviously haven't mastered the SuperSampler yet, these below are only the first pics :-)

Ja mám v zbierke FishEye a SuperSampler (a ešte si brúsim zuby na Dianu). SuperSampler som ešte evidentne nezvládla úplne, iba prvé fotky. Ale potenciál je myslím vidieť :-)

 

 SuperSampler in Las Vegas

Question of the day: do you own a Lomo? If yes or if not, which one would you like to own? And it is not a question to be polite, I promise :-)

Otázka dňa: máte Lomo? Ak aj áno alebo aj nie, s ktorým by ste sa chceli hrať? A to nie je len otázka zo slušnosti, sľubujem :-)