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| | Metroactive Arts | Lomo Motion |
 | | At this point, the Lomo factory in St. Petersburg is out of business, so early fans of the Lomo camera begin to scour shops in the disintegrating Soviet empire, so they can sneak them out. |
 | | Lisa was introduced to the Lomo by a friend who owned an early Holga (the Holga is another Russian-made camera carried by Lomo, but it takes 120, or medium-format, film, as opposed to the Lomo's 35 mm). |
 | | Lisa Knowles describes the Lomo and the Holga--which is famous for its light leaks that produce "vignetting," or shadowed corners--as "sort of like Cabbage Patch kids, with all their tragic flaws." She knows just how appealing those tragic flaws can be. |
| www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/05.08.03/lomo-0319.html (2344 words) |
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