Would he be the origin, then there would be a link in time.
But there is not. To the contrary. The Lomography manifesto was published in 1992. But Tichy seems not to have got to be known before 2004.
What is it you are suggesting he is the first of/to do paper negatives?It isn't necessary for the others to have known him for us to consider him the first.
It isn't necessary for the others to have known him for us to consider him the first.
I always thought the term Lomography was derived from LOMO, the Russian company which made Lubitels and cinema lenses.
Yes, and no...
It was derived from the 1983 camera Lomo LC-A which the founders of the later Lomography firm imported to Western-Europe in 1991.
The camera of course bears the name of the big manufacturer Lomo. However this model was not actually theirs, but instead is a copy of the Cosina CX, the model thus already appeared in the West long before...
Moreover, the LC-A was exported to the West before, in the 80s... partially with additional marking of "Zenith" or "Zenit", which actually was a brand of KMZ. But as KMZ and Lomo had a joint venture Belomo, that might have allowed this branding. Maybe it was an idea of a western importer in first instance.
George Mann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningradskoye_Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye_Obyedinenie
that is what LOMO(graphy) is from, it has nothing to do with Miroslav Tichý. He created his own
cameras and lenses from scratch.
His aesthetic has nothing to do with LOMO(graphy) either.
What is it you are suggesting he is the first of/to do paper negatives?
The technical origin of the cameras used for Lomography is a different matter from the purposeful act of taking low-grade/defective pictures.
Outside of the equipment used, I fail to see how they differ.
I never implied such a thing.
Miroslav Tichý was living in an eastern block country.
In the Eastern Block there was greater choice of camera gear than most people here are aware of. Problem for many though was difficult availability outside big cities. Another issue was the high price in respect to income. The CSSR though was one of the wealthier states with highest living standard, Tichy's situation aside.
(Some professional USSR photographers had gear that would make an Apugger envy...).
and yes lomo cameras are high grade gear !
Lomo is making a beautiful petzval 35mm lens, they are selling tens of thousands of cameras and rolls of film. They are pretty much the reasonSo when is Leica going to introduce their next LOMO camera?
Lomo is making a beautiful petzval 35mm lens, they are selling tens of thousands of cameras and rolls of film.
Dissing Lomography/LOMO or anyone who shoots these types of cameras and films is really the last thing you should be doing.
It is too bad you actually aren't grateful that they are marketing chemical photography and everything that goes along with it to keep it alive.
Maybe in 1900 you'would have been badmouthing George Eastman/Kodak and Alfred Harman/Ilford too, you know for catering to the "consumer class"
Its funny how quickly people jump to such conclusions!
not really jumping to conclusions at all.
have you read the condescending comments you have made ?
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