Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner

Capitalizing on digital technology to preserve and share film negatives

Lomography always does a fantastic job breathing life back into the ever fading art of film photography. With the convenience and quality of digital cameras, analog film continues its decline but Lomography pushes hard to keep it alive by creating unique products to draw people back to the roots of photography. Their latest invention, the Smartphone Film Scanner, promises to help engage a new generation …

Plywerk

Simplicity and ingenuity power Portland's digital photography framers

These days, everyone seems to have a DSLR and a point-and-shoot, or at least a camera embedded in the smartphone in their pocket. What most of us don’t have are a C-type printer, glossy paper and mounting materials—not to mention the skill, know-how and motivation to get our Instagram photos off the computer and onto our walls. That’s where Portland, Oregon-based mounting company Plywerk comes …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The art of pickpocketing, a vomiting robot and sound trapped in a bottle in our week's look at the web

1. Everest in Two Billion Pixels Take a visual tour of the world’s highest peak through an intriguing two billion pixel interactive image of the Khumbu glacier. Made from 477 individual high res images, the navigable photograph allows for zooming to different site areas for an even closer look. We recommend going full screen to truly explore all the nooks and crannies, and even inside …