For over five years, Lomographic photographers (aka “Lomographers”) have been aiming the lenses of their small Colorsplash cameras and firing a colored flash burst at any and every given opportunity. So much so, that you can call this act of “Colorsplashing” a true artistic mass-movement for film photography! But this begs an important question: where does the motivation and inspiration for all of this color-drenched hyperactivity stem from?
The Lomographic Society & Staple Design have teamed up to find out. Over the course of the past year, we’ve collected images, bits of research, personal testimonials, ancient truths, and wholly unscientific tidbits to discover and catalog the “Chakras of Colorsplashing” – intense spiritual forces and behavioral motivations that power the stunning creativity and fairly shutter-obsessive nature of Colorsplash photographers. THEY ARE:
To commemorate this globe-spanning project, we are thrilled to present the following two products (packaged together in perfect harmony):
This sleek Lomographic camera will re-cast your world with a gorgeous riot of color. Its patented colorwheel system puts several tinted flash filters at your finger tips for instant selection; with an additional 9 filters included to exchange. Just select your color, put it in front of your flash, and fire a burst of colored light at your subject! Long exposure capability creates dreamy streaked backgrounds behind crisp, color-flashed foregrounds.
This special limited edition has been customized by Staple Design with a rubberized surface and Staple’s signature pigeon graphics. Inspired by the ubiquitous bird of New York City (and countless other urban locales), this special edition is outfitted in a slick grey & red color scheme. It uses regular 35mm film that can be developed anywhere.
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Designed by Staple and published by Lomography, this 384-page hardcover edition details the philosophy and story of the Colorsplash Chakra project. Years of research, thousands of film rolls, and millions of tiny shutter clacks laid the groundwork for this powerful book. Over 2000 images – sorted by colors & Colorsplash Chakra themes were selected and published from an ultra-talented pool of 107 Lomographers from across the globe.
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Eleven commissioned professional photographers complemented this massive community effort with their own galleries – shot expressly for this book. This elite group consisted of professional photographers, seasoned Lomographers, and hard-core creative types from around the world, and included:
Adam Scott (www.adamscottphotography.com)
Atsuko Tanaka (www.atsukotanaka.com)
Boogie (www.artcoup.com)
Brian Milo (www.brianmilo.com)
Kareem Black (www.kareemblack.com)
Kreg Holt (www.kregholt.com)
Maureen Hufnagel (www.lomohomes.com/morina)
Michael Wong (www.michaelwongphotography.com)
Nick Rhodes (www.nickydigital.com)
Wei-I Lee (www.flickr.com/photos/leeweii)
Yasumasa Yonehara (http://cexwork.com/)
Please join us to celebrate the grand launch of the Staple Design & Lomography Colorsplash Chakra package! We’re staging a collaborative event and exhibition at Staple’s homebase in New York’s Lower East Side. Thousands of colorsplash shots from the book – streaming in from all over the world - will decorate the walls and dazzle your eyes. Cool beverages and hot music will on hand. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP as soon as you get this newsletter!!
Colorsplash Chakra Launch Party
Thursday, June 19th: 7PM to 10PM
At Reed Space
151 Orchard St, New York, NY
RSVP to lomo@stapledesign.com
Based in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Staple Design is an artistic force to be reckoned with. It all started back in 1997, when Jeff Staple – its founder and President – started sneaking into the 4th floor silkscreen lab of NYC’s Parsons School of Design. Night after night, he snuck in with his friend and a pillowcase of blank tees. It started with a 12-piece shirt order. 12 became 24. 24 became 36. It just kept snowballing.
From these early beginnings, Staple developed a reputation for exceptional graphic artistry and fantastic merchandising skills. They design and sell their own seasonal fashion collection, maintain their own retail shops, provide art direction for several groundbreaking magazines, and release a steady stream of insanely collectible limited-edition products with big-name brands.
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