Although not personally a LOMO camera owner, I am a huge fan and advocate. Dreamy colors, nostalgic roundness and overflowing images excite something ancient, warm and dear in me. In the vile, chaotic Beijing the LOMO Shop became an oasis of Westernism, a piece of highly treasured homely feel. Little cameras, fish eye lenses, film, cases. Sleepy Chinese geeks just peeked at me drowsily and went on with their geeky activities.
I didn’t buy anything, but I felt truly good for a moment.
Similar shops can be found in Barcelona, Paris, New York, Sydney… the nearest one in Vienna (at Museums Quartier). Read more about LOMO: http://www.lomography.com/
Buy LOMO cameras cheaply through eBay.
Lomography Store, No. 9, Long Tou Jing Jie, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, China
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