Lomography has passionately created awesome analogue products for the past two decades and to celebrate this milestone Lomography Australia/NZ presents a retrospective exhibition, Cheers to 20 Years of Lomography, Analogue Innovation. The exhibition will showcase over 30 landmark cameras and 100 images curated from the International and Local Lomographers.
Part of the Head On Photo Festival 2013, the exhibition traces the history of lomography, showcasing every camera model designed and produced since 1992 alongside images that are created by each of these amazing analogue tools. The journey starts with the Lomo LC-A+ and multi-lensed Actionsampler. Along the way we’ll meet the Pop9, Coloursplash, Fisheye, Horizon, Diana F+, Lubitel, Spinner 360, Sprocket Rocket, La Sardina, LomoKino and finally the newest kid on the block, the Belair.
Lomography began with a fateful encounter in the early 1990s when Austrian students Wolfgang Stranzinger and Matthais Feigl stumbled upon the Lomo Kompakt Automat (LCA) – a small, enigmatic Russian camera.
Embracing the freedom of shooting from the hip, (and sometimes even looking through the viewfinder), they were astounded with the mind-blowing photos that the LCA produced – the colours were vibrant, with deep saturation and vignettes that framed the shot. It was nothing like they had seen before. Upon returning home, friends wanted their own Lomo LC-A, igniting a new style of artistic experimental photography.
The Lomographic Society International was founded November 1992. What started as a small community of passionate friends soon became an incredible analogue movement with over 1 million community members and the biggest analogue camera producer worldwide.
The Society’s devotees are dedicated to the unique imagery and style of analogue photography, and will do all in their power to ensure that… THE FUTURE IS ANALOGUE!
Cheers to 20 Years of Lomography
4 to 16 June, 2013
The Dupain Studio, CATC Design School
The Rocks, Sydney
A series of workshops and events will take place during the exhibition period. Visit lomography.com.au/workshops for program details.
