Dear Friends, Since the first announcement of the big Lomography project 2007, we have received truckloads of beautiful reactions as well as masses of inquiries from our community, and the Lomography teams from all around the world have been busy continuing to shape this big venture. Now we want to grant you some insight in the happenings and remind you to take action if you wish to take part in the Lomography World Congress London 2007, or at designing your own part of the LomoWorldWall to be displayed on Trafalgar Square during the same time. The 26th of June deadline is creeping closer by the day. Hotel rooms are getting spare and flights are being booked and filled. With the Lomography World Congress Land-Package, Lomography bids you an offer to an extraordinary Lomographic London experience and a guaranteed place to sleep during one of the busiest weeks of the year in London with the Design Festival. Now it is time for you to act: get your flight on time, while the prices are still low, get your congress-package, while our rooms are still free, call your friends, while their summer plans are still open, ask your boss for a week off, while his spring mood is still on. Although we have made our best to keep the costs for the congress activities as low as utterly possible, please take into account that prices will rise after the June 26th deadline, due to planning processes (hotel and event locations). Not another minute to waste; visit congress.lomography.com/signup to get cracking! Registered Congress members so far: 92 The Lomography World Congress will take place in London from the 17th to 23rd of September 2007. Check the programme and the member packages and get back to us anytime with your questions. www.lomography.com/congress2007 Uploaded images so far: 5004 Panels under construction: 245 Time left to upload deadline: 49 days and counting Finally, the LomoWall gallery is up and running for you to indulge into and feed on. Now you can finally browse through the LomoWall creations of your friends and foes, who are all striving for the very same goal as you: to make it on the LomoWorldWall on Trafalgar Square in London during the Lomography World Congress, which will be rewarded with fame, glory and Lomographic prizes. Also new: use the Block building tool to turn your masses of collected LomoWalls into harmonizing LomoWallBlocks. Additionally, the hardest working of all Lomographers will be featured in our daily blog updates, guaranteeing LomoHome visits in record highs. Reason enough? Re-function your precious trigger finger and get uploading at: congress.lomography.com/lomowall "Great. But what about an introductory tea service?" You feel some Lomographic, vital, absolutely life essential, stuff is missing in the Congress programme? Chances are it will be up in a bit; we are still working on fine-tuning our Congress agenda with even more brilliant content and most of all on telling you the stories about the doyens and experts behind the city challenge tours, workshops, lectures and events during the Congress. But feel free to let us know your must-have Lomographic London experiences and be part of planning the biggest Lomographic event in history. You are a LomoVeteran or a London resident and think that there isn't really much we can offer you at the Lomograhy World Congress London, because you know all the tricks, have maybe even contributed some yourself, and the secret ways around town? Think again. Meet your LomoHome buddies, discuss the future of analogue photography, meet the Lomography crew and share your ideas for future projects with them, meet the brains behind the virtual world and attempt to make the right connections to be LomoHome of the day, sneak into workshops and test out the camera you always wanted to try but could never bring yourself to buy, talks and revelations that will swipe you off your feet . Nothing is impossible. And not to forget that every challenge and competition brings new chances to win Lomographic prizes and fame, not to mention valuable contacts and friendships. This is your ultimate chance to be a part of the team as we develop a Lomographic manifest for the next decade. Send us an email with your input and ideas at: congress@lomography.com Check back at the congress website, lomography.com/congress2007, and our blog section, lomography.com/blog, for regular updates on the congress. Your Lomography Team UNSUBSCRIBE WWW.LOMOGRAPHY.COM Do not reply to this email! This email is being sent by an automated message system. Replies sent to news(at)thelomographer.com will not be received. To unsubscribe, please use the link provided in this newsletter. To contact us, send an e-mail to contact@lomography.com. www.lomography.com/contact