Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Timeline

By now you probably have some kind of idea about what Lomography is. You know that it has something to do with cameras, analogue photography and a bunch of mind blowing, too good to be true, photos of the world. Correct? Well then, you are probably wondering how on Earth this establishment of creativity ever got started? Like most great stories, it began in a land far, far away…


1982

Birth of the LOMO LC-A - the camera that started it all!


1984

Launch of the LC-A


1991

Discovery!


1992-1993

The birth of the Lomographic Society International


1994

Lomo goes online, NYC vs Moscow exhibition, first embassy in Berlin


1996

Provide for the future


1997

First World Congress in Madrid


1998

Photokina


2000

First in-house camera, the Supersampler, community functions launched


2001

First Lomography shop in Vienna


2003

First Sidekick TPE bag - Lomography fashion makes its entrance.


2004

World Congress in China, biggest ever LomoWall!


2005

The Fisheye camera


2006

LC-A+


2007

Diana+, Hong Kong, Seoul and Paris Gallery Store openings, White Stripes collaboration and World Congress, London.


2008

Lubitel+ launch, “The Future is Analogue” exhibition at the Photokina, Cologne, Redscale film, Lomo X-Pro film & the LC-A Big Book.


2009

New site launch , NYC Gallery Store, Diana Instant Back+, Colette, the year so far


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