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Lomography and the American Red Cross Create a Lomowall of Over 3,000 photos!

Chris Gampat
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03/10/2013
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Lomowalls, for those of us not as LoFi savvy, are walls created with purely photos shot with Lomography cameras and made into a special mural of some sort based on the primary colors in each photo. Recently, Lomography and the Red Cross teamed up to create a new wall in Washington DC.

Why the Red Cross and not some hipster store like American Apparel? According to the press release:

“We partnered with the American Red Cross and creative agency BBDO for the “Stories of the American Red Cross” exhibit. Last March, hundreds of kits with journals and our cameras were sent to people all over America who at one time or another had been helped by the American Red Cross. They were asked to share their stories, whether they had survived a hurricane or lost their home to a fire, whether they’d saved a life using skills learned in first aid training or needed blood in an emergency. The two Lomowalls bearing the American Red Cross logo exhibit the beautiful analog photos we received, alongside story walls featuring Lomographs and inspiring handwritten stories.”

Personally, it sounds like a lot of the photos may be powerful images shot by everyday normal people instead of snubnose creatives. If you’re in the area of DC’s Grand Terminal, we recommend checking it out.


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Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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