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Diana camera.jpg, a classic that was made in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s.]] Toy cameras are simple, inexpensive film box cameras made almost entirely out of plastic, often including the lens. The term is misleading, since they are not 'toys' in the sense that these cameras are actually capable of taking photographs. Many were made to be given away as novelties or prizes. The Diana, an inexpensive 1960s 4x4cm novelty box camera from Hong Kong, is typically the camera most associated with the term 'toy camera'. Other cameras, such as the LOMO LC-A, LUBITEL, and Holga, while originally intended as consumer, mass-market cameras, have also become identified with the term.
Many professional photographers have utilized toy cameras and the often strange optical effects of their inexpensive lenses to take award-winning photographs. Toy camera photography has been widely exhibited at many popular art shows, such as the annual Krappy Kamera show in the Soho neighborhood of New York. Various publications such as Photography magazine have extolled the virtues of the Diana camera in its own right as an "art" producing image maker. Several books have also featured the work of toy cameras, such as "The Diana Show", "Iowa," and "Angels at the Arno". There is also a popular website devoted to the use of toy cameras.
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Digital Jam - Featuring galleries and modification resources.
Meta Description: [ Galley of photos with an unique view from the plastic
lens of the Holga camera. Also a resource for Holga modifications and links to other Holga sites. ]
4 Shades of Gray - A Game Boy Camera gallery; contains photos, links, and equipment information.
Meta Description: [ The most important gameboy camera site on the web. Lots of photo galleries, tips and hints and the most gameboy camera links you can get in one place. ]
Anderson, Kristine M. - Toy camera and Polaroid image transfer galleries.
Campbell, Georgina - Includes toy camera work, including a gallery of Holga images and info about toy cameras.
Capturing Mermaids with a Holga - Photographer June Lang's detailed article on the camera.
Meta Description: [ Photography Education, Photography How-To ]
Dayburner - Plastic vintage medium format photography. Portfolio of photographs taken with the Agfa Click, Agfa Clack, Diana, Stellar, Holga, Birdseye, Debonair, Savoy, Sabre and several from the Ansco and Brownie camera families.
Digital Sucks - Holga site featuring: Picture Of The Day, plastic camera galleries (open to submissions from all plastic-camera shooters), and a bulletin board.
Meta Description: [ Digital Sucks: touts the virtues of photography with actual film and, in particular, the challenges of creating beautiful representations with the holga camera. The site is the home of several holga galleries by prominent photographers Bill Grimshaw, Allen McInnis, and Tony Fouhse. Digital Suck... ]
Elvis the Fish - Photoblog of images made by a small plastic pencam.
Meta Description: [ The photolog/weblog of a political girl armed with a pencam. Home of the Original Pencam Elvis. ]
Game Boy Camera: Gallery and Tutorial - A site devoted to this camera.
Meta Description: [ Since you'll never take color photographs as good as the professionals, your chances are better to make art with a Game Boy Camera. Read how. ]
Gerber, Tomas - Portfolio of photographs made with a Holga camera. [German and English]
Meta Description: [ BILDMATERIAL-Fotogalerie mit Arbeiten und Projekten von Tomas Gerber (Schweiz). Experimentelle Fotografie, Toy-Camera-Shots, Panorama. ]
Holga and Toy Camera - Contains information, techniques, links and galleries.
Meta Description: [ Lifestyle Photography of People On Location Photography & Graphic Design ]
Holga.net - Catalog featuring many hard-to-find cameras including Woca, pinholes, 3D, and pocket cameras.
Meta Description: [ Holga Mittelformatkameras Holgaroid Sofortbildkameras Lomo Kameras ZeroImage Lochkameras 3D Kameras Panoramakameras Ferngläser Fernrohre Spektive Blitzgeräte Belichtungsmesser Filme Bücher Bilderrahmen Fotoalben Stative Taschen Zubehör ]
Imperial Debonair - Album of toy camera photo galleries.
Meta Description: [ Webshots provides a stage for members to upload and share their personal photos, download photo screensavers, order prints and custom photo gifts, and connect with each other ]
Merrill, Marcy - Encyclopedic listing, humorous information, and galleries of more than eighty plastic cameras.
PhotoBlaster Worship Page - Information on this Nickelodeon toy camera.
Meta Description: [ Info about the Nickelodeon PhotoBlaster camera and other multi-lens cameras. A resource for enthusiasts to share tips, Techniques, reviews, and where to find them. ]
Poemograph - Chicago and Tokyo cityscapes, recorded by Holga and pinhole cameras.
Meta Description: [ Contemporary images of Tokyo with Pinhole+Toy Camera by Artist(s) in Japan ]
Smartdog.tv - Diana, Lomo, Holga, Modified Pin-Holga, and 3D photograph galleries.
Smith, Claudia - Collection of plastic camera photography, such as the Velveeta, Jam Cam, and Holga.
Stiles, Andrew - A gallery of Holga images taken while author was swimming with the camera in hand.
Surprenant, James M. - Information, tips, and galleries on Agfa, Argus, Holga, and Pentax cameras.
The Great Lakes Area Plastic Cameras - Exhibits of photographers, tips, and message board.
The Original Toy Camera Home Page - A site devoted to promoting the genre with galleries featuring numerous artists.
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