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View in Browser Will you be our Valentine? We promise we’ll give you a good time. There are plenty of things to love this month: a new batch of artists and photographers to get giddy about, some tips to try, gear to covet, and rumbles to engage in. Happy Hearts Day! IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE It’s no secret: we’re head-over-heels for you, Lomographer. We wanted to control it, but love, we couldn’t hold it. Here are some of the fun articles we prepared for the love month. L-R: Monday Moodboard: Love Is..., Which Lomo 35mm Camera Should You Bring on a Date?, Love in Lomo: "How We Met" Stories by Community Couples, The 5 Lomographic Languages of Love, The Lomographer's Astrological Guide to Love, "Film Dating": A Helpful Quiz for Film Beginners ARTIST PROFILES Every month, we look forward to having a little chat with tons of amazing artists and photographers. Life, Love & Youth: An Interview With Paolo Raeli We have previously featured Paolo Raeli and his photos using the Lomo’Instant Wide. In this interview, get to know more about him from a different side and learn more about the story behind his captivating work. Read more L-R: Filmic Portraits: an Interview with Duran Levinson, A Study in Intimacy: An Interview with Mafalda Silva, The Beauty Within: An Interview With Hollie Fernando (NSFW), A Place Where Photography Meets Adventure: An Interview With Andreas Jakwerth, About Self-Intimacy: An Interview With Yatender (NSFW), Portraying India: An Interview With Souleyman Messalti LOMOGRAPHY SPOTLIGHT How does one fully utilize some of our well-loved Lomography gear? These talented photographers show you how it’s done. Basia Pawlik: Perfect Portraits with the Petzval 85 Art Lens Polish photographer Basia Pawlik recently shot a series of stunning fashion portraits using the Petzval 85. She managed to perfectly capture the subtlety and essence of this Art Lens. Read more L-R: The Devil's in the Details: An Interview with Kevin Lenear and the Lomo Instant Wide, Martin Colombet & the New Jupiter 3+ Art Lens: Autumnal Portraits, Lomo'Instant Wide First Times: Vibrant Instant Images with Gary Chew (Part 1), Beginning with Cross-Processing Through the Lomography X-Pro 200, Alessandro Michelazzi's "Dapper Portraits" with the Lomo'Instant TIPSTER TALK Here, we share some tips on shooting night-time with LomoChrome films, how to DIY tintypes, and how to make weekends more productive. How to Shoot LomoChromes at Night Thanks to Lomography the world can experiment again with the magic of color shifting films. But how does one use these films properly in different lighting conditions? Here are some tips for shooting with LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 and LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 at night. Read more L-R: The Lomographer's Weekend Checklist: A Tinkerer's Grind, The Lomographer's Weekend Checklist: Refine the Analogue Grind, Photographer Creates Daguerreotypes and Tintypes with a Rolleiflex TRAVEL DIARIES Itching to go somewhere else but stuck behind your desk? Take a visual trip through these photo stories! Anna Garcia's Canary Islands Trip II: Fuerteventura Here's the anticipated continuation of travel photographer Anna Garcia's article on her trip to the Canary Islands. This time she roams around the white sands of the hidden gem that is Fuerteventura. Read more L-R: Around the World in Analogue: Sofia, Bulgaria, Around the World in Analogue: Taiwan KNOW YOUR GEAR Here are a few must-reads if you’re curious about compact medium-format cameras and a TLR. L-R: Apples and Oranges: Shooting with the Lomo LC-A 120 and the Holga N, Lomopedia: Minolta Autocord FOR YOUR INSPIRATION When it comes to artistic inspiration, our radar is always on. Here are this month’s finds. Andrei Tarkovsky's Rare Instant Photographs of Everyday Life Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is no ordinary household name in cinema — he is known to be the last pioneer and real inventor among everyone before him. The famed Ingmar Bergrman would describe him as "the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream". Read more L-R: A Visual Diary By Eduardo Acierno, Landscape Photography with a Holga, Inside the Colorful Cinema of Wong Kar Wai, The Minimalist Darkroom by Simeon Smith, The Photographic Interviews: Carol Golemboski's Analogue Magic RUMBLE ROOM Join in on the fun — we’ve got four ongoing photo competitions for you to participate in! L-R: Put On Your Dancing Shoes, Instant: Photo Montages, Trial and Error: LomoMission: Alternative Route, Human Stories: Blast from the Past WRITE FOR THE MAGAZINE Lomography Magazine Welcomes New Contributions for 2017 As always, we welcome your contributions. Essays, tipsters, stories, reviews, and what-have-you – we will read through them and publish them if they meet the Magazine requirements. More Lomography ♥ sumlom Manage your subscriptions Browse our products Visit one of our stores Join our community Read our magazine Lomography International: Kaiserstraße 34/12, 1070 Vienna, Austria, +43-1-899-440 Lomography USA: 41 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011, +1-212-529-4353 Lomography Asia Pacific: G/F, No.2 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, +852-2915-2205 Despite the fact that the content of this newsletter was compiled with due care we accept no warranty for the correctness, completeness and actuality of the content provided. Availability of the products featured in this newsletter may vary depending on location.