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The LOMO LC-Wide Part 14: A Question of Composition
Are the ‘rules’ for composing a photograph the same as the ‘rules’ for composing an abstract image at some fundamental level? -
The LOMO LC-Wide 13: A Lens Came to Save Us
It’s seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world. If this is true, what happens when we see, feel and capture the world through an ultra-wide-angle lens? -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 15: Metamorphosis
One morning, as the Lomo LC-A was waking up from anxious dreams, she discovered that in her bed she had been changed into a monstrous, verminous, ultra-wide-angle camera. She lay on her armour-hard back and if she lifted her head up a little, she could see that her sharp and beautiful lens had transformed into a 17mm ultra-wide-angle... (inspired by Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”, first published in 1915)
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The LOMO LC-Wide Part 15: Metamorphosis
One morning, as the Lomo LC-A was waking up from anxious dreams, she discovered that in her bed she had been changed into a monstrous, verminous, ultra-wide-angle camera. She lay on her armour-hard back and if she lifted her head up a little, she could see that her sharp and beautiful lens had transformed into a 17mm ultra-wide-angle... (inspired by Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”, first published in 1915) -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 14: A Question of Composition
Are the ‘rules’ for composing a photograph the same as the ‘rules’ for composing an abstract image at some fundamental level? -
The LOMO LC-Wide 13: A Lens Came to Save Us
It’s seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world. If this is true, what happens when we see, feel and capture the world through an ultra-wide-angle lens? -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 12: Famous Photographers Who've Shot in Square Format
Diane Arbus * William Eggleston * Mary Ellen Mark * Harry Callahan * Lee Friedlander * Hiroshi Sugimoto * Ralph Eugene Meatyard * Cecil Beaton * Bill Brandt * Robert Adams * Helmut Newton * Richard Avedon * Spongebob Squarepants * Irving Penn * Imogen Cunningham * Robert Mapplethorpe * Walker Evans * You? -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 11: One, Two
One image captures a moment but two images tell a story. Placing images into a sequence is an essential element of visual thinking. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 10: The Wide Angle Addiction
Technical innovations give birth to brand new fields of creation. We should not allow ourselves to be guided by the rules and traditions that form the grammar of photography, before a new tool is brought to us. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 9: Can I Ever Stop Taking Pictures?
"When once you have tasted space, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." (Quote commonly attributed to Italian Renaissance painter and polymath, Leonardo da Vinci, however no source has been verified as of yet) -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 7: Widen Up
Climb a mountain with your eyes closed. The sun comes up when you arrive at the top. Now open your eyes. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 8: What are the Ingredients of a Great Artwork?
“The closeness of reality and the distance of myth, because if there is no distance you aren’t amazed, and if there is no closeness you aren’t moved.” (British director Peter Brook on what he strives for in theatre) -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 6: Go Close or Go Home
Now shoot! Look at your results and you’ll see it immediately: photos of situations where you didn’t dare to go close are boring. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Part 5: The Master Yoda of Lomography
There is a grammar of seeing. You as a Lomographer are able to play with this grammar and invent new symbols, rules and relationships. Just as the poet works with words, the Lomographer works with pictures. Both the poet and the Lomographer endlessly search to find new relationships between themselves and the world. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Photo Book Part 4: 50 Things You Should Wide Angle Before You Die
Finally got your hands on an LC-Wide? Well start shooting and while you're at it, try to get some inspiration from our list of the 50 things that you must wide angle before you die! LOMO On, folks! -
The LOMO LC-Wide Photo Book Part 3
Intense colours, crisp tones and gorgeous vignettes. Complete with a 17mm ultra-wide-angle Minigon 1 lens, innovative MX button, lightning fast zone-focusing and a choice of full-frame, square or half-frame photo formats. The LOMO LC-Wide: the latest innovation in the LOMO legacy. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Photo Book Part 2
Intense colours, crisp tones and gorgeous vignettes. Complete with a 17mm ultra-wide-angle Minigon 1 lens, innovative MX button, lightning fast zone-focusing and a choice of full-frame, square or half-frame photo formats. The LOMO LC-Wide: the latest innovation in the LOMO legacy. -
The LOMO LC-Wide Photo Book
Intense colours, crisp tones and gorgeous vignettes. Complete with a 17mm ultra-wide-angle Minigon 1 lens, innovative MX button, lightning fast zone-focusing and a choice of full-frame, square or half-frame photo formats. The LOMO LC-Wide: the latest innovation in the LOMO legacy. -
Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 73: Credits Part 1
We want to say a huge "THANK YOU" to the "creators" of Rumble in the Pond who made this Lomo book a success! -
Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 72: Killer Fisheye Shots
Check out these awesome shots taken with the Fisheye! -
Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 71: Fisheye Talk
Check out what lomographers have to say about lomography and the Fisheye! -
Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 70: Further Reading
Still can't get enough of the Fisheye? Here are some great reference materials for you to further enrich your Fisheye knowledge. -
Fisheye Rumble in the Pond Chapter 69: References Part 3
Learn more about the history of the fisheye lens after the jump.
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