Plastic Cameras

Having already filled dozens of CD’s with digital photos of Rome during previous stays, we have decided to evolve into some lo-fi photography. You may see us floating around Rome taking snapshots with some odd looking devices. This is the site of the company keeping these cameras into circulation. There is a lo-fi photography movement referred to as lomography (which is the name of a company that supplies equipment and film), a term that has grown to include a wide variety of non-digital photographic equipment with an emphasis on vernacular photography, cross-processing, and a general avoidance of clearly defined aesthetic rules. Exhibits of Lomo photography often include large collections of photographs sent in from amateur and professional photographers alike.

Ironically, this non-digital movement has led to the development of some impressive digital spaces on the internet. There you can find photographs submitted from lomo-photographers from all parts of the world.

You might be interested in scanning through some lomo sites, not to become a convert away from digital, but rather to think about new ways of seeing and representing the city you are learning to experience and share.