What the heck is Lomography? - Saschas 'tiny' Blog

Lomography is the unicorn, the punk, the alternative movement, or, if you will, the rebellion against classical photography. In the Lomography scene, the main point of agreement is that there's no agreement. There are 10 golden rules of Lomography, the 10th of which states that you shouldn't give a damn about the rules. Does that sound confusing enough for you? Good! Because that's exactly what Lomography is—at least for me. I personally love this subgenre of photography and would like to tell you a little more about it in this post.

Let's start with a documentary

This 7-part documentary gives you a wonderful first impression of what Lomography is and how it came about.

Part 1/7

Part 2/7

Part 3/7

Part 4/7

Part 5/7

Part 6/7

Part 7/7

Wikipedia article

Lomografie

Lomografie bezeichnet eine künstlerische Praxis, die sich der kreativen und experimentellen Schnappschussfotografie verschrieben hat. Großteils werden mit der Praxis der Lomografie die Kameras und Filme von Lomography verbunden. Es werden aber auch oft andere Kameras mit dem Begriff verbunden, etwa die aus Hongkong stammende Holga. Charakteristisch für Lomographie sind unscharfe Fotos.

de.wikipedia.org

So far so good

By now, you should have a pretty good idea of what Lomography is. Do you see yourself in it? If so, I have another very interesting documentary that you should definitely watch.

Important links

There are definitely a few links that you, as a Lomographer, should know and visit regularly.

The Official Lomography Homepage - https://www.lomography.com/
Our home on the net, our base.

The 10 golden rules - https://www.lomography.com/about/the-ten-golden-rules
Essentially the 10 commandments that every Lomographer should know, and not take too seriously.

The LomoHome - https://www.lomography.com/photos/
Did you know that Lomo runs its own social media photo platform? It's definitely worth having an account there!

The 'Lomo Feed' on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jv6o4aahggvz2w76z3st6a3i/feed/lomography
There aren't many of us yet, but there are some really good Lomos to see on the feed.