Lomographic Embassy Singapore
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“Don't think. Just shoot.” has long been the mantra of Lomographers worldwide and Objectifs is pleased to embrace and spread this philosophy as the Lomographic Embassy Singapore.
>> UPCOMING EVENTS
:: Lomography at Exposure @ Orchard Central
Lomography Booth at Exposure @ Orchard Central
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A month-long event for photography newbies, professionals, hobbyists, and Lomographers from all over, Exposure at Orchard Central presents an exhibition of a wide array of works by photographers specialising in a range of genres. The Lomography Embassy Singapore has a shop there, all decked out in LomoWalls in abundance waiting to be devoured. Do come visit!
. Date: Jan 24 - Feb 21
. Time: Wed - Fri, 4pm - 8pm / Sat and Sun, 12pm - 8pm
. Venue: B2 at Orchard Central (next to 313@Somerset)
We will also be holding a Lomography talk on Jan 30, 2pm - 3pm, at B1 of Orchard Central. "What the ____ is Lomography?!" seeks to explore and unveil the mysterious world of Lomography and introduce the uninitiated into the weird, wacky and wonderful world that is Lomography analogue photography.
>> PAST EVENTS
:: LOMO LC-A 25th Anniversary Birthday Party
:: Be a Tourist at Home: The Great Lomography Shootout
:: Asian Lomography Faces
:: Dianalogues: Through the Woman's Lens
:: The More We Get Together Lomography Sessions
:: Lomo Loves Local: Lomo + Electrico Collaboration
:: Lomo Paradiso
:: Super Lomo
:: Hip to Be Square - Holga Competition and Exhibition
:: Heineken Greenspace City Hunt
:: Sinfully Lomo
:: What the ___ is Lomo?
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We are always trying to line up our Lomo calendar with new exhibitions, workshops and competitions for Lomographers. If you have a Lomo event coming up, have an idea to share, or would like to join our mailing list, email us at singapore@lomographyasia.com.
LOMO LC-A 25th ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY PARTY
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| The Lomography Singapore map | Lomography loving! | Congrats Gynna and Lawrence! | Happy Lomographers! |
In June 2009, we celebrated the 25th coming-of-age birthday of our beloved LOMO LC-A camera where Lomography all began with a birthday party and an exhibition of the results of the Be a Tourist at Home Lomography shootout. Special shout-outs to Lawrence and Gynna for bagging very special LOMO LC-A anniversary goodie bags for having the most interesting pictures from the shoot!
BE A TOURIST AT HOME: THE GREAT LOMOGRAPHY SHOOTOUT
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| Travelling on the MRT | Group shot at Lorong Chuan MRT station | Potong Pasir | That "mountain" in Joo Koon that we trespassed! |
It was on a very fine Sunday that a group of 39 Lomographers hopped on (and off) the MRT and conquered 7 MRT stations in all corners of Singapore and their Lomography cameras guzzled and buzzled all the film that was fed to them. From the hustling-bustling Little India to the peaceful and quiet Lorong Chuan to the very crowded Yishun and a certain "mountain" in Joo Koon where some of us became dinner for an entire clan of mosquitoes, the brave Lomographers went through all almost 9 hours of walking and MRT tripping and sun and sweat and discovered many corners of our tropical island that many might have forgotten.
ASIAN LOMOGRAPHY FACES
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Apart from having fun with analogue photography, Lomographers regularly record every happy face in their colourful daily life. “Shoot from waist level” is the motto of the supreme camera --- Lubitel 166+, which is an expert at capturing portraits. A group exhibition was held in the Lomography embassies in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand where a series of photographs shot with the Lubitel 166+ by the Lomography embassies in Asia Pacific region were exhibited to share their vision of their Lomography teammates, friends and the true Lomographers.
DIANALOGUES: THROUGH THE WOMAN'S LENS
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| ©The Analog Girl, laptop rocker | ©Grace Tan, kwodrent | ©Karen Wai, Bookseller/Books Actually | ©Tan Pin Pin, Filmmaker | ©Tracy Phillips, Marketing Manager/Zouk |
In celebration of the International Women's Day, Dianalogues – Through a Woman’s Lens saw laptop rocker The Analog Girl, Grace Tan of kwodrent, Books Actually’s Bookseller Karen Wai, filmmaker Tan Pin Pin and Zouk’s former Marketing Manager Tracy Phillips to shoot with the Diana F+ camera with the theme "the female voice". The pictures were exhibited and made available for sale at the Lomographic Embassy Singapore in Mar/Apr 09 and sales of the prints were donated to the Association for Women for Action and Research (AWARE). More than 60 prints were sold and we collected about S$450 in donations. Grace Tan and former AWARE president, Constance Singam, also took time off to speak about her work and the organisation respectively in a public talk. More information about the organisation is available on http://www.aware.org.sg.
THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER LOMOGRAPHY SESSIONS
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| Hamming it up in good Lomography fun during a Shoot-out. | Listening attentively during the open-mic session. | On the way to Haw Par Villa for an outdoor shooting frenzy. | Posing for a picture while it drizzles at Haw Par Villa. |
Groups of enthusiastic Lomographers went on the Lomography bandwagon and travelled to exotic locations in our sunny (and sometimes rainy) little island, in a series of activities and get-togethers from Jul - Nov 08. From open-mic sessions, to shoot-outs and talks, seasoned and newbie Lomographers got a chance to mingle and shoot to their hearts' content. Pictures of the event and Lomographs shot during the shoot-outs can be viewed on our Flickr group, The More We Get Together Lomography Sessions. There will be more More We Get Together Lomography Sessions in 2009, so keep a lookout for it!
LOMO LOVES LOCAL: LOMO + ELECTRICO COLLABORATION
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As part of Electrico's launch of their new album, We Satellites, 8 Lomographers got a chance to follow the band around during their launch tour and shoot pictures of them on-stage, off-stage, being serious and/or plain goofing around! Some of the pictures can be viewed online on our Flickr page! The event culminated in an exhibition where the picutres of the chosen ones were featured alongside a Lomowall of pictures shot by the band themselves.
Electrico is one of Singapore's most stylish and prevalent band and they play guitar-based rock n roll and it consists of David Tan (vocals, guitar), Desmond Goh (bass) and William Lim, Jr (drums, backing vocals) and Amanda Ling (keyboards). More information about the band is available on, http://www.wesatellites.com/, http://www.electricomusic.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/electricomusic.
LOMO PARADISO
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| ©Jeremy Chua First Prize |
©Nicholas Chen Second Prize |
©Cindy Tan Third Prize |
40 globe-trotting Lomographers submitted a grand total of 495 pictures for this fantasy travel themed competition that lasted us through the Christmas/New Year/Chinese New Year holidays. While we're dreaming of our next exciting holiday, we'd like to congratulate Jeremy Chua, Nicholas Chen and Cindy Tan for having the most exotic travel Lomographs that took the fancy of our "official" Lomo Ambassador judges. Jeremy took home a S$400 travel voucher kindly sponsored by STA Travel, Nicholas bagged a Diana+ camera, and Cindy got a Lomo Agenda Notebook, a pack of Fotoclips, and an exclusive Diana F+ book.
SUPER LOMO
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| The Phantom Lomo Exhibition at The Arts House | ©Dominic Foo Winner of Shoot-a-Lomo |
Winners of Build-a-Lomo with their Lomo Superheroes | ©Jessica Chia Winner of The Phantom Lomo Competition |
Super Lomographers trooped down to the Arts House at Old Parliament Lane bright and early on Jul 1, 2006 and participated in a day of activities including a Lomo shoot-out with a set of clues provided by the Lomo Embassy, others got down and dirty trying out some of the Lomo cameras, and some others built superheroes with Lomographs and Fotoclips.
The exhibition lasted for a month and we'd like to extend our congratulations to Jessica Chia for bagging a Horizon Kompakt for having the most-voted Superhero photo!
HIP TO BE SQUARE - HOLGA COMPETITION & EXHIBITION
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| ©Herriot Stobo | ©Jael Chng | ©Law Chui Sia | ©Jessica Chia |
Holga enthusiasts were invited to pick up a free roll of black & white Ilford XP2 film at Ruby Photo with their Holga and start capturing their world in monochromes. The pictures were then put up on the Holga wall at Objectifs where votes were cast by the audience who came by for the exhibition from Oct 14 to Oct 27, 2005. Congratulations to Herriot Stobo, Jael Chng, Law Chui Sia and Jessica Chia for bagging an Epson scanner, an Epson printer, a ColorFlash Holga Starter Kit + Tunnelvision Lens + Filters, and a copy Adobe Photoshop Elements respectively!
HEINEKEN GREENSPACE CITY HUNT
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90 Lomographers went beyond colour, identity, control, love, words and space and discovered their greenspace on Sep 10, 2005, Saturday in Ann Siang/Chinatown. With the limited edition Greenspace Colorsplash Camera or their favourite Lomo camera, participants of the City Hunt went on a shooting frenzy with a certain shooting list of clues. Everyone was treated to complimentary beer from Heineken at the after-party at Asylum at Clarke Quay later that night where the winner of the City Hunt was announced. Congratulations to Brandon Lee! His pictures will represent Singapore in the Lomography Greenspace project along with winners from the city hunts held in London and Buenos Aires and winners from the international competition on the Lomography Greenspace minisite. A round of applause also to Hoe Shu Shen and Mikko Cayetano for coming in second and third respectively and for being proud owners of a limited edition Greenspace Colorsplash camera each!
Winners of the City Hunt stand to win attractive prizes, including a chance to win a round trip for 2 to Valencia, Spain complete with three nights’ accommodation. The complete work of all participants were up on a Lomowall at the international Heineken Greenspace festival in Valencia from 24 – 29 Oct, 2005.
SINFULLY LOMO
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| Gluttony by Brendon P | Pride by David Chan | Envy by Electrico | Anger by Emma Yong |
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| Lust by Royston Tan | Greed by Woods&Woods | Sloth by Theseus Chan |
Lomography encourages pride in spontaneous pictures, creates envy and greed in others for your luscious Lomo camera(s). The sexy curves of the camera incite lust. Anger sets in when that hunger for shooting is not satisfied and Lomography’s infamous “Don’t Think, Just Shoot” mantra challenges sloth. Gluttony is piqued with the rich and saturated pictures.
Seven artists, including “Dim Sum Dolly” Emma Yong, local fashion
label Woods & Woods, independent filmmaker Royston Tan, WORK’s creative
director Theseus Chan, Zouk’s resident DJ Brendon P, pop artist and
painter David Chan and local indie rock band Electrico were invited to interpret
the 7 Deadly Sins with a Colorsplash camera in the first act of this event.
The results were pictures saturated in sin and colours. In the second act,
Lomographers exhibited their sinful pictures at Objectifs. This Lomo extravaganza
culminated in a night of Sin and colours in Very Sinful Night at Velvet Underground
in Zouk in Jul 2007, where pictures by the seven artists were exhibited on illuminated
standing boxes. Heineken provided thirst quenchers with complimentary beer.
WHAT THE ___ IS LOMO?
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“What The ____ Is Lomo?” celebrates our passion for capturing the everyday.
In this art installation, we reconstructed the world as we know it with our basic building blocks – Lomo photographic prints. We recreated a Lomo living space, tastefully furnished with designer furniture, electronic gadgets and our very own art collection showcasing Lomo gums with pictures by local Lomographers.
This event was held in celebration of the launch of Objectifs as the new Lomo Embassy in Oct 2004.
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In the early 1990s, a couple of students chanced upon the LC-A in an
old camera shop in Vienna. Impressed by its sharp glass lends, extreme
light sensitivity and robust casing, they started shooting as many pictures
as possible in the most impossible of situations and from the most unusual
positions. The result was a flood of colourful, crazy, off-the-wall,
and extraordinary snapshots. The Lomographic Embassy Singapore is the cultural representative of the Lomographische AG (Lomographic Society International) and, at the same time, the first local service point for people who want to learn more about Lomography. We aim to build up and support an active Lomography community in Singapore and the region. For more information about Lomography and the cameras, visit www.lomographyasia.com. |
Objectifs retails a number of Lomography cameras and accessories. Please enquire about the availability of other cameras.
| . Actionsampler | . Actionsampler with Flash |
| . Colorsplash Camera | . Fisheye / Fisheye No. 2 |
| . Diana F+ | . Diana F+ Edelweiss White edition |
| . Diana F+ with Flash Package | . Diana Mini |
| . Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator | . Holga Pinhole Camera 135 / 120 |
| . Holga ColorFlash Starter Kit | . Holga 135 BC |
| . LC-A+ | . Horizon Kompakt |
| . Oktomat 8-Lens Camera | . Supersampler |
| . Colorsplash Flash | . Diana Flash+ |
| . Diana+ 20mm Fisheye Lens | . Fisheye Circle Cutter |
| . Fisheye Submarine | . Ringflash |
| . Lomo Agenda A5 Notebook | . Lomurello Refill Box / Album |
| . Sidekick Bag Canvas (Lite / Standard) | . Lomo Agenda A5 Notebook |
We provide options to customise cameras with logos or corporate colours, or purchases in bulk for non-commercial purposes. Please email singapore@lomographyasia.com for more information. Do note that camera customisations would require a minimum order quantity of 1000pcs.
If you are having trouble with your Lomography camera, please contact us at the Embassy and we will try our best to help you. When coming by with your faulty camera or flash, do remember to bring along your warranty card (the blue/brown card that the retailer should have given you when you bought your camera), your official receipt, pictures and/or negatives that the faulty camera has produced if any.
Please note that we will only be able to do exchanges for cameras bought in Singapore or on Lomographyasia.com with manufacture defects which are purchased within a year (or 2 for the Diana F+ and Diana Mini) with proof of purchase.
For enquiries / information:
Tel: +65 6293 9782
Email: singapore@lomographyasia.com