Lomography

ロモグラフィー / 1992– / Style / Photographic Genres

The movement that constitutionalized the accidents of the Soviet LC-A toy camera: vignetting, color shifts and cross-process saturation affirmed under ten rules and 'don't think, just shoot' — the vanguard of post-digital analog love.

Heavy vignetting / Cross-process color shifts / Multiple-exposure chance / Shooting from the hip

Lomography — LC-Aのクロスプロセス（CC BY 3.0）Lomography — ロモの街頭スナップ（CC BY 3.0）
LC-Aのクロスプロセス（CC BY 3.0） ／ ロモの街頭スナップ（CC BY 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
the ten golden rules / the Vienna origin / toy camera culture (Holga, Diana)

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