This document discusses the history and revival of historical photographic processes in contemporary photography. It focuses on the rise of Lomography, which began in the 1980s with inexpensive Soviet cameras that produced photos with high saturation, vignetting and soft focus. In the 1990s, students rediscovered these cameras and formed the Lomography Society. More recently, Instagram has helped popularize the lo-fi aesthetic inspired by these older cameras and films. The document also discusses trends like using contact sheets as images, emulating Polaroid borders digitally, and filters that recreate effects from historical processes.

1. Historical photographic processes
in contemporary photographic
practice.
Jo Lowes

2. Insta favourites rough guide
 Lark: desaturates reds, pulls out blues and greens
 Moon: black-and-white big on shadows vintage looking
 Crema: desaturated filter a creamy, vintage look
 Valencia: warms the colors, antique look without
washing out color
 X Pro II: high contrast filter, adds vignette edge, looks
dramatic
 Lo-Fi: high saturation, and strong shadows
 Hefe: vintage look dark border, bit of a yellow tone

3. Todays Photography trends &
the history bit…..
 Back to 80’s Russia. Two generals copied the design of a small
Japanese camera one was the director of an optical company
called LOMO PLC, so the camera took that name.
 The camera was a cheap and made pictures with a high colour
intensity, a great saturation and a “tunnel effect” that gets dark the
frames of the photo. (on photoshop that effect is called vignette)
The focus was very primitive and photographs were often out of
the focus.

4. Little bit more history bit
 In the 90’s two Austrian students discovered
LOMO and fell for the quirky effects of these
particular devices. They created the Lomography
Society and worked to spread the Lomography
message all over the world with the aim of
getting people to both experience appreciate
and capture their life sand surroundings

5. The Present day….. & the rise of Instagram
inspired by cheap old technology

6. Contact Sheets becoming a style….
A film contact sheet is similar to a negative but in positive
colors. Thumbnail images of all the photos from the
shoot. which makes it very easy for clients to look at the
photos that you have chosen and decide which ones they
want to order. This saved time and money on printing
Nashville & the fake film border

7. Rules of lomography
 Rule #1 Take your camera everywhere you go
 Rule #2 Use it any time – day or night
 Rule #3 Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it
 Rule #4 Try the shot from the hip
 Rule #5 Approach the objects of your Lomographic desire as close
as possible
 Rule #6 Don’t think just shoot
 Rule #7 Be fast
 Rule #8 You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film
 Rule #9 Afterwards either
 Rule #10 Learn the rules then break them

8. Polaroid & the iconic border
• With old Polaroids film you peeled off the backing
that contained the chemicals for development.
• Polaroid photographs consists of several layers with
chemicals sealed inside a pouch.
• The border contained the chemicals and allowed
you to handle the film without damaging the image.
• The border was necessity not a style choice…..
Shake It Polaroid app

9. Why we need to know the history bit…..
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnI_LuCJ4Ek
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY

10. X Pro II filter style in action…..

11. Meet Smudge & Do it yourself…….