THE Embassy of Austria in Manila, in partnership with Lomography, SOS Children’s Villages Philippines, Sunny16 Lab and SM Supermalls, recently presented the Snapshots of a Happy Childhood lomography exhibition at the SM Malls.
Snapshots… was a “lomo wall” composed of 1,000 individual snapshots taken through lomography and analog cameras from kids living in the SOS Children’s Villages in Manila as well as the international Lomography community.
Side exhibitions included a display of photos, entitled “Captured Moments in a Loving Home.” Mallgoers also had the rare chance to view lomography analog and instant cameras, as well as art lenses up close in the “Lomography Classics” exhibition.
The event is part of the Austrian Embassy’s initiatives with its presidency of the European Union council this year. The project focuses on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which stipulates the “right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.”
Lomography is a recent type of photography invented by the Lomographic Society, founded in the early 1990s in Austria. The founders first experimented with a Lomo LC-A, a Russian toy camera. Images are produced from the unique, high-contrast photos with vignettes and soft focus. The original lomo cameras are the LC-A, Fisheye, Colorsplash and Supersampler.
Today lomography is considered an art movement, with different groups around the world aiming to spread and support it. The Lomographic Society International headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
The expo, which toured SM Malls, was launched at The Podium, then made a stop at S Maison and closed at SM Aura Premier. SM Appliance Center Inc., Philips and Cocina Peruvia also supported the event.