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Remember the days before digital cameras and fancy software?

This past weekend I decided to shelve my fancy DSLR and go on an old school photo hunt using an automatic compact camera known as a Lomo LC-W. It's a Chinese made camera with a 17 mm lens that shoots 35 mm film. There are only two focal settings on the device, near (0.4 to 0.9 meters) and far (0.9 to infinity). You can do square crops and half frames too. One of the most intriguing features is the ability to do multiple exposures on a single frame. However, it's the choice of film and processing that really determines the style of the images. All of these shots were taken using Lomography X-Pro 200 ISO (35mm) film and were cross-processed with C41, a chromogenic color print film developing process.

To learn more about this style of photography visit www.lomography.com

(Note: All images were scanned from film negatives and were not enhanced digitally in any manner.)

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