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As the site's camera-lovin', lomographer, I'm pretty proud of the growing analogue (and antique) camera collection I'm amassing. Call it an obsession with Fatal Frame. Call it the wanton hobby of an artist. Call it what you will but I'd sooner shoot film than digital anyday.
Lomographers on Lomographic Society International's site number in the thousands. We love our film, from 120, to 35mm, to the impossible polaroid, to the itsy bitsy 110 and all in between.
And what's better than film? Ghost pics!
Seriously, where else did you think this article was going on a lazy sunday?
Now you've seen some of my handiwork on making my homage to my favorite camera exorcising series but there's mettle much more attractive on the lomo site. I'm gonna showcase 4 awesome lomographers and their horror albums today. So do yourself a favor and check out these talented artists (and if you too have a lomohome, don't forget to follow them!)
The first album is one based on a favorite subject of mine: yurei! Taking photos of illustrations in a book, and then double exposing them in beautiful urban landscapes, volker_jp caught a few yurei in Germany (click photo for album).
volker_jp's comments in the album:
"...shot this doubles album during my stay in franconia this fall.the first layer I shot from a book about yurei, which are kind of ghosts in Japan. Mostly they roam during the night till the next morning, but I was lucky enough to catch some, with mixed results. They don't seem to like blazing sunlight so much..."
This next album is from a favorite lomographer I like to follow. kylethefrench, with his capricious album names and gorgeous long exposure light painting also blazed through with a whimsical set on his (what I presume) homegrown film called Ghost Hunter film (click for album).
kylethefrench's comments in his album:
"ghosts in the place, upside down"
Another doubles album comes from the city of Athens, where maria_vlachou shot these haunting and creepy images. Some of the spirits roaming the greek city might seem familiar (as well as foreign), but they all make for and awesome set (click photo for album).
The last lomographer actually has 3 albums dedicated to something I personally have always wanted to photograph: abandoned buildings, in this case an abandoned hospital. There are three albums here, and all of the shots are fantastic. 12_12 gives us an eyeful of this old medical building, and what an eyeful it is (click each pic for each album)
Something about film ghost pics really does something more than just digital manipulations. If you're an analogue fan, maybe I've sparked a little project. Happy snapping, Lunies!
By Dio (10/7/12)
All photographs, excepting the first, all belong to the following lomographers: volker_jp, kylethefrench, 12_12, and maria_vlachou.
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