3. 1984
The LOMO LC-A began mass-production this year, with
1200 people working on the camera.
Starting at 1100 units per month for the Russian
market, its popularity soon spread to then Communist
countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
4. 1991
While touring Prague, a group of
Viennese students stumbled upon the
LOMO LC-A in a quirky, old-school
camera shop, and started shooting from
the hip.
5. 1994
It was also this year when the very first Lomographic
exhibition was simultaneously held in New York City and
Moscow, with massive LomoWalls gracing each
city, showcasing colourful Lomographs from the other;
months later, the first Lomo Embassy was established in
Berlin.
6.
7. 1997
The first Lomographic World Congress in Madrid boasted
a LomoWall of over 120 metres - consisting of over
35,000 Lomographs!
8.
9. 2001
The very first Lomography shop in the world graced the
Kunsthalle (Contemporary Art Hall) in the Vienna
MuseumsQuartier in the summer of this year, featuring
walls decked with Lomographs (LomoWalls), a wide range
of innovative products from all over the world and the
full line of Lomographic items. It also hosted workshops
and other activities that cater to Lomography.
10.
11. 2005
Lomography introduces a breakthrough in photography
with the world's first compact Fisheye camera – the
Fisheye.Yielding nearly 180-degrees of circular Fisheye
distortion in a 35mm photograph, it offered the easiest
and most convenient way to try Fisheye!
