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Lomography Awards: The Ten and One 2020 Winners

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Credit

Creator
35mm_mistress
Rights
Lomography
Year
2020
Found via
Lomography

Clipped

danysegv

August 24, 2026

On plates

Traits

Movement

ZinepunkGrunge

Imperfect, choppy layouts and heavy analog textures acting as a gritty, human counterbalance to overly sanitized, AI-generated digital art.

DocumentaryObservational Photography

Unstaged observational photography in the reportage lineage — real people, places, and events recorded as found, in available light, with no constructed set.

Typography

BoldGroteskGrotesk

Thick, intentional lettering providing necessary structural weight to modern minimalist layouts.

Palette & Light

MonochromeBlack & White

Colour removed to a single tonal channel, forcing contrast, texture, and tone to carry the whole image.

Layout

HardCropAggressive Crop

Subjects severed at the frame edge — faces, objects, and letterforms cut hard rather than contained, using the crop itself as a compositional act.

RawAsymmetryAsymmetry

Irregular, off-balance column breaks and floating elements mimicking imperfect physical zines.

Treatment

AnalogNoiseGrain / Texture Check

Heavy analog noise, rough scans, and tactile textures serving as an authentic defense against smooth AI perfection.

Medium

PhotoWorkPhotograph

A photograph presented as an image in its own right — camera-made and shown for itself, rather than as the raw material of a poster, spread, or cover.

Subject

FigureWorkHuman Figure

The body as primary subject — portraiture, fashion figure, and the crowd.

Shares traits with

Ranked by how many traits each reference has in common with this one — computed from the image, never from who is looking at it.

Editorial fashion photograph shot for Jean Paul Gaultier, featuring a model in a gold and rust patterned dress leaning against ornate black wrought-iron balcony railings with a pigeon on her shoulder, set against a cream and beige stone Parisian…Black-and-white documentary photograph showing two figures lying on grass in a public space, one wearing a dark suit and the other in a pale textured dress, arranged head-to-head with scattered objects nearby and onlookers visible in the blurred…A black-and-white film contact sheet with twelve frames arranged in a grid, showing a shirtless male subject photographed in a studio against a plain backdrop.A color photograph shot through rain-streaked windows of a crowded red train interior packed with bundled passengers in winter coats and hats.Magazine cover featuring a tightly cropped portrait photograph of a man with dark slicked-back hair and pale blue eyes, wearing a dark suit and striped tie, shot against a pale blue-teal tiled wall with flash lighting and a cool, bleached color cast.Magazine cover for i-D featuring a close-up portrait photograph of a face with grain and high contrast, dark hair partially obscuring the view.Black-and-white macro photography of a closed eye and face detail with heavy film grain, featuring bold red sans-serif typography reading 'BOB BEAUTÉ' overlaid on the grayscale image.Portrait photograph of a man holding a vintage rangefinder camera against a clear blue sky.A film photograph of two people in close contact, one holding a translucent cellophane-wrapped bouquet with red roses and green stems against a dark background.A colour film photograph of a person leaning out of a car window wearing a white shirt, holding a cigarette.A photograph of a street vendor's paleta cart with a bright blue canopy positioned against a vivid red and yellow wall.A color photograph of people inside a vehicle with a red interior, shot through glass windows.