All the things that made the Diana great have been left in tact, she has simply been revamped and sexed-up with a host new features. Yeah, like what? For starters…a dapper pinhole feature, a choice of 12 or 16 shots from a single film, the possibility to capture a 360 degree panorama… And especially for the Congress, the Diana appears as a shimmering vision in Gold lacquer. Embossed with a funky, London-inspired illustration, the Gold Diana is a real collector’s item.

Only a very small number of these Golden Dianas have been produced to mark this prestigious event in LOMO history. So get your hands on a bit of LOMO gold-dust!

At Austrian Embassy everyone got together to celebrate the successful beginning to what promises to be a truly LOMO-lific week of antics and adventure. Gerald Matt, official digital-hater, summed up the atmosphere by saying “it’s amazing to think that from the enthusiasm of a few people, a simple communication project can grow into analogue community of over 1 million people worldwide”.

Of course, this high-brow soiree could not escape untouched by controversy. It came, however, from an unlikely corner. It was clear that even Austrian Ambassador, Dr. Gabriele Matzner-Holzer, had caught LOMO-Fever, when she told everyone that she would like to go Trafalgar Square at 3am to reflect on the LOMOWALL in peace and tranquility. The suggestion by Ambassador Matzner-Holzer started talk of a renegade LOMO movement splintering off to pay a dawn homage to the mighty LOMOWALL…

Despite 24 hour guarding… outrage as one LOMOWALL panel is stolen already!
Dalbergaria flies all the way from Brazil for Congress. Mephisto19 lets the cat out of the bag by revealing to our sources that he has brought 10 cameras and a shocking 100 rolls of film with him. Then reveals that he really just wants to meet Neja.

City of London Council thank LOMOWALL for scaring the pesky Trafalgar Square pigeons away.

7th Lomographic World Congress
Date: September 17th – 22nd , 2007
Place: Trafalgar Square, London
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