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These are images taken by Magdalena Rzymanek during her trip to India . They're taken on a holga or a 'toy camera' . A Holga is basically an inexpensive camera that was manufactured in Hong Kong for the working class. It's low fidelity frame makes for interesting images because of accidental light leaks .The holga's plastic lens creates a blurry , dreamy effect . The camera actually saturates natural colour to produce a very colour intensive image.I love the squarish shape of images too. In a nutshell , it's my soulmate camera (if there ever was such a thing) . Oh how I want one for my birthday .
These are such beautiful images! Who could have imagined that these have been taken using a toy camera!
ReplyDeleteBhavna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, It's not an actual toy camera (oxymoron?) , the Holga, along with the Diana & Lomo are called toy cameras because of their plastic bodies & inexpensive cost. Their low quality make actually turned out to be great because of the surreal images they take.
oh me god! i lourve camera too! not soulmatish and all but i louve it. eso the expensive bit. read: slippery fingers :)
ReplyDeletei meant esp the inexpensive bit.
ReplyDeleteThe photos are too cool! specially being taken by a toy cam. The effect is superb! thanks for putting them here :)
ReplyDeleteBaliga, dude you're alive ! lets go coffee sometime
ReplyDeleteSmita, thanks for visiting. The pictures are amazing eh? I can tell you that even with a holga , it isn't easy to get such beautiful images so she much be a brilliant photog.
hey pavs :)
ReplyDeleterelaly cool set of pics...you've made me want a Holga too. Tommy and Lakshan were in India for 15 days in December and tommy came back with some super cool shots from Rajastan, Jaipur and Agra.
If i haven't said so already, this blog is awesome! Keep 'em coming!
take care,
Vindy
hey vindy,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you! Ask Tommy to send me some of his stuff, I'd love to check it out. Also , I might do the same route he did for the summer ( I know I know heat n all) So I might be asking him what there is to do (oh the irony)
Thanks for the compliment hon, I'd love to feature Sri Lankan artists too , bring it on!
Omg! Awesome work....Holga effect is one of my favs...another one I am really loving these days is 'Polaroids'
ReplyDeleteIs she on Flickr too?
Great post!
Arch
Hey Arch, Yeah she is on flickr. Just follow the link and you'll find a link to her flickr photostream. She's got some great photography .
ReplyDeletetoo good! i am quite impressed with masalachai website and the work that people do.. And about this photography!! really good! perfect lighting, fading effect, and compositions!!! TOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot.
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