Groups of young people coming from Malang, East Java try to revive the genre of lo-fi photography using a Lomo camera and analog film media. Featuring 30 works in black and white photograph of 15 members of the community Insomnium, Klastic, and Malang Lomography, they picked up the theme of "Noire" which means black, dark, gloomy from French. Dark or gloomy themes does not mean identical with violence or mystical, but a black-and-white photographs with various objects such as human interest, landscape, and architecture. Located in the Gallery IFI (Institut Francais Indonesia), Darmokali 10 street, Surabaya, exhibition of photographs and t-shirts are made with a Lomo camera runs from 16 to 26 January 2012.
Decky Julian, the founders of Insomnium Malang, said their group is an independent forum in special research and conservation, as well as the development of photography workshops for school children or college at a time can be affiliated to the Visual Art in general. The discussions and presentations of research results into a new direction to see photography more dynamic in response to the acceleration of technology. "We try to popularize them back to analog photography by giving workshops on darkroom techniques (dark room process analog film prints), photo discussions, and understanding of the concept of art pictures."
Adi, one of the representatives of Malang Lomography suggested that one purpose of this exhibition wants to show that the photographic artwork of high visual value not only be generated by digital cameras with the latest high definition technology and nano lenses, but with the camera Low Fidelity (Lo-fi or Lomo) can also realize the high artistic images value.
Klastic is short for Kaskus Plastic and Toy Camera Commnunity, a community that was formed on December 7, 2008 via a largest internet forum in Indonesia, KASKUS. Founded by camera lovers and users of plastic and toy cameras, Klastic a forum to exchange information, knowledge, tips and tricks, share your photo gallery, until the sale of cameras and film. Klastic routine more often done via internet forums, but in addition it also has the regular agenda for its members such as gathering, hunting together, and experiment with film or photograph among the members.
Lomography is a part of analog photography that uses a special camera called a LOMO camera. LOMO itself is an abbreviation of LeningradskoyeOptiko-Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie (Leningrad Optical Mechanical Merger).The name is a factory located in St. lens. Petersburg, Russia. Indonesia Lomography Society is also known as Lomonesia and sparked the first time in August 2004, the goal is to maintain the analog photography in order to stay alive and keep growing. Lomography still use film cameras roll so called analog photography while now already using digital technology in image capture and processing. People who liked Lomography and who likes to take photos using a LOMO camera is referred to as "lomographer".
