Other People’s Pictures & The Lomo Camera

OTHER PEOPLE’S PICTURES


Directed by Lorca Shepperd and Cabot Philbrick;
Available Light Productions (USA, 2004, 53 min)

Other People’s Pictures examines the little-known
world of vintage-snapshot collectors who routinely
comb piles of old photos at flea markets and pay
hundreds of dollars for a single image of people
they never knew and will never meet. Why do they
buy other people’s family photos? The answers
vary, but all are driven by the excitement of the
hunt and the mystique of discovering someone
else’s forgotten photos.

THE LOMO CAMERA: SHOOT BEFORE YOU
THINK


Directed by Alex Graham; BBC (UK, 2003, 60 min)

Shoot Before You Think explores the cult of the
Lomo Kompakt Automat. The camera was cheap,
easy
to use, and given its unique lens, produced
garishly coloured, yet amazingly fresh images. At
one time virtually obsolete, passionate fans are
now found across the globe. This film charts
Lomo’s current popularity and illustrates the pure
joy of making pictures.