Contact
Lomographic Society Internationalwww.lomography.com
Hollergasse 41
A-1150 Vienna
Tel.: +43-1-899 44 0
Fax:+43-1-899 44 22
Mail: congress@lomography.com
Thursday
With Thursday morning, the last Lomography experts arrived from their world-wide locations and the hard-core Lomography workshops were on schedule. After an endless city exploration tour by Mukul Patel and Alex Graham’s mysterious walk, Mike Kuhle allowed another sleepless night with the second Lomo after Midnight challenge of the week.
Videos
Lomo Green Shoot
Chronicles of the LCA Saga
Articulated Architecture
Holga Coup
The Holga Coup workshop by Lomography-specialistos Mr. Peter Boesch and Mandi Steininger took place at our favourite venue; the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. Workshop-leader Hr.Boesch was correctly dressed in a white coat and provided the somewhat 30 Lomographers with crucial information about the Holga-cameras. By kicking off an illustrious homemade powerpoint presentation, the teacher presented major Holga-techniques such as Multiple exposures, Double exposures, Real Fake Panorama's and so on. Teacher Hr.Boesch was also spicing up his enthralling speech with two or three funny jokes to loosen up the tension of the workshop's participants who were eager to go out shooting. Modifications expert Mandi was later on explaining basic modifications and humbly declared of "having nothing prepared" whilst screwing off the lens of his cow-skinned Holga. At occasion, the first official LomoSect was founded. Members worship their God either by summing "ASA" or "ISO", according to their persuasion. Recently, a Russian-orthodox direction also developed and is said to use the parole of "GOST". After the informatory introduction to the Holga-camera and the secrets-revealing modification tips, the Holga-shooters cruised the streets of London and presented the outcome of their shooting
The Unknown Known
Mr. Alex Graham, BBC film-maker and companion of many thrilling Lomo-adventures, started his CityChallenge at the HMS President ship by the river Thames. The approx. 30 participants were all equipped with the usual plethora of Lomographic cameras and took off the tour to cross the bridge and gaze at the Tate Modern gallery. The walk, enlightened by rare and cosy afternoon sunshine, was then continued by a short side trip into Tate Modern, a quick look on Globe theatre, a genteel promenade by the Bankside and another crossing of the River Thames via the Southwark Bridge. The whole trip was accompanied by the shrewd comments of London-expert Alex, who revealed quite some interesting facts and hot gossip about the metropolis. This truly Lomographic trip - the weather was great, the light beautiful and many rolls of film were shot - naturally ended in the pub, where the exhausted but satisfied Lomographers chilled some beers.
Lomo Dinner
After a day rammed with fantastic events including Lomo Green Shooting, The Chronicles of the LC-A Saga, Articulated Architecture, the Holga Coup and the Unknown Known…everyone was starving! There was no better place to be than the National Gallery restaurant for the tasty grub and relaxed atmosphere where everyone could chat about the day. Another highlight of the evening was the arrival of the youngest World Congress member, 4-year-old Marguegue, from Switzerland, who had taken time out of her busy primary school schedule to attend! Strangely, those who were 'too tired' to go to the Lomo After Dark challenge were later spotted mysteriously propping up the bar at the Bowling Lanes.
Lomo after Midnight
Following our tasty meal at the National Gallery, I was honored to lead a pack of approximately 30 Lomographers on a midnight photographic safari. With a nod to Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight," our goal was to learn the bread n' butter of nighttime street photography techniques and attract a wide range of bemused looks from London's numerous drunken bystanders. Ben from Newcastle lent his invaluable assistance to our tour and navigated a fun route from Russell Square to Soho. Walking through avenues & alleyways, we learned the art of shooting long exposures without flash, with flash, with panning, with moving objects, with crazy-ass jumping in the air, with Lomo's, with Diana's, with Fisheye 2's, and with Horizons. Old-masters and green-horns alike were able to take a few kernels of new knowledge from the walk. We finished out the evening at a late-night techno diner which served a surprisingly good hamburger.
