This was the seventh Lomography World Congress. But just when we thought it was all over, we are getting right back down and dirty with all that's congress. We are left with enchanting memories and intangible impressions. Presenting the happenings of this week in their full realm is a project of sheer impossibility; however, we want to share with you a collection of the week's boldest, wildest shots and the shoreless stories behind them.

As a big Thank You to all who were part of this opus, and for all those who missed, want to re-experience the craziness of the week, find out what they have forgotten or the secret romances and dramas they overlooked, we have put together a re-cap of all congress events with a Photo Diary, little essays and speech texts. Additionally we are presenting small sequences of film footage from the endless documentation material that is still to be processed and edited.

The 7 day congress week, with 250 splendid participants from all over the world, brought with it a collection of over 20 thousand pictures, documenting the 15 workshops, 12 city challenges, 6 LomoTalks, countless parties and dinner gatherings held. Starting with the LomoWall construction on the Sunday night before the official start of the congress, and ending long after the farewell pick nick the following Sunday, an average of 2 photos were taken per minute. The LomoWorldWall was visited and inspected by thousands of by-passers and Lomo-enthusiasts to-be.

Around 400 Congress Edition Diana+'s (the new star in the Lomography camera family) swapped owners and were tested to the bone on their dreamy-eyed quality pictures, pinhole functions and endless-panorama masks. The light-weight Diana+ also found its appeal within the wider masses of Londoners and tourists on and around Trafalgar Square, not lastly for its gold-coated outfit that bejeweled the chests of the proud new-found owners.

The Lomographers have left London; the LomoWorldWall is gone from Trafalgar Square; some say it will never be the same again. But the story goes on: We are already working on making the eighth Lomography World Congress happen! So submit your own images here until October 31st to add to the documentation of the biggest Lomography project so far and to enter the congress competition to win your trip to the NEXT congress!

Read about the Lomography World Congress London 2007.

Contact: congress@lomography.com