Being a Lomo LC-A enthusiasts and a proud owner of this classic Russian-made camera for over four years, I am always interested in checking out the latest activity available to the lomography community.
We had a good day at the Coloursplash Green Space Day and thoroughly enjoyed meeting the other ‘lomographers’. I was excited to see the new competition marking the end of production of the LC-A and was looking forward to submitting some of my favourite shots under the various themes, including cross-process and vignette.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed by some of the details. I was asked to sign an agreement to give up the copyright of my photos. I am more than happy to share my photos with others and I wasn’t too bothered about the prize of the competition (the winner gets an LC-A camera). However, as I said to the girl at the Photograhpers’ Gallery, I am not ready to sign-away the rights to my pictures.
It is a bit demanding to ask anyone to give up their rights of the photos, which were funded by themselves in terms of equipment and developing the films in the first place.