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Inspiring MeKtropolis: Lomography

Inspiring MeKtropolis: Lomography. Susan Jones. MeKtropolis. We’ve seen where the Sprytes live, what about the MeKs? Main MeK city Industrial By the sea What does it look like? Gathering inspiration…. Lomography.

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Inspiring MeKtropolis: Lomography

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  1. Inspiring MeKtropolis: Lomography Susan Jones

  2. MeKtropolis • We’ve seen where the Sprytes live, what about the MeKs? • Main MeK city • Industrial • By the sea • What does it look like? • Gathering inspiration…

  3. Lomography • Photography technique developed as a response to over arty and stylistic photographic approaches • Name and initial approach based on a small Russian camera • Multiple frames of same photo • Flexible, quick, unstructured photography • Nearly lost, but rediscovered by a group of students • Now very popular approach to photography

  4. “Doing” Lomography • Meant to be fun • Freedom - photo anything you want, anytime, anywhere • Aims to capture everyday experience • Personal and free form of photography • Ideally suited to the digital age

  5. The Golden Rules of Lomo • Take your camera everywhere you go. • Use it anytime - day and night. • Lomography is not an interference with your life but a part of it. • Get as close as possible to the objects of you lomographic desire • Don't think! • Be fast! • You don't have to know beforehand what is on your film, nor afterwards… You will figure it out eventually! • Try the shot from the hip, or from the ground • Ignore the rules!

  6. Lomo Examples

  7. Lomo used in design

  8. Inspiring your designs • Your aim: • To find inspiration to help you design MeKtropolis • In small groups • Quick brainstorm about what MeKtropolis might be like • Take the camera • Design Walkabout • Photo anything and everything you see that might be useful

  9. Design Walkabout Use your camera to gain some ideas

  10. Printing the Photos

  11. Using the photos • Creating a landscape / cityscape • What do you want to keep? • What do you want to discard • Creating a background • Use the photos • Annotate the designs • Create drawings to be modelled

  12. Whilst we’re waiting for the photos to print… • Designing the MeKs

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