an american expat somewhat obsessed with toy and lo-fi cameras. i used to live in taipei, but now live in tainan.
i mainly shoot with a holga 120N or a diana. but i also use a plethora of other toy and lo-fi cameras. it's rare that i don't have at least one camera with me(usually a holga or diana - oftentimes both).
i am not a lomographer(i find it sad when someone has bought so much into marketing hype that they'd call themselves this). i'm not in need of a marketing company to tell me who i am because i can't create something original myself. but sadly there are those out there that do feel that need. i do use some lomo camearas(lomo=russian camera company, not lomography(please don't confuse the two)), and have one or two cameras made my lomography. there are some very good reasons to dislike this company.
i extremely dislike the addition of video on flickr. i'm in the camp that feels this should have been a seperate site and not mixed in with the photography site at all. if i'm looking at someone's stream and come across video, i'll just close that person's stream at that point and won't look further. this doesn't mean i won't look at their stream again, but for me video is like an automatic close button. there are plenty of other places for video - i didn't join flickr to see crappy videos afterall.
i also have a photoblog called formica. the images there are ideally a little more selective than what reaches my flickr stream.
Photos of formica (28)
formica's favorite photos from other Flickr members (3,779)
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Groups (50)
- camera portraits 10008 photos, 1118 members
- Downtown Dormancy 73 photos, 125 members
- Gakken flex / 大人の科学マガジン付録二眼レフ 641 photos, 183 members
- Чайка 773 photos, 137 members
- Little Banana [小香蕉] 249 photos, 36 members
- Taiwanese real men / The men of the world / 台灣真男人 740 photos, 157 members
- Self_Portrait_mania : 我得了不自拍會死的病 838 photos, 399 members
- Zeiss Ikon 35mm Camera Group 1587 photos, 231 members
- FourCornersDark.com 4596 photos, 289 members
- 'Roid Week 2009 6101 photos, 1589 members
- International Commie Camera Day 2009 and now Red Oktober 09 1273 photos, 423 members
- Lo-Fi Macro 397 photos, 99 members
- A Place For Us 420 photos, 33 members
- starheadboy 1441 photos, 90 members
- Redscale Film 反轉菲林 841 photos, 155 members
- DNP Centuria 2841 photos, 258 members
- Fuji Instax 200 Wide 1256 photos, 621 members
- Push and Pray 1793 photos, 132 members
- Disposable Love 2051 photos, 382 members
- IKB 130 photos, 31 members
- Cyanotypes 981 photos, 327 members
- alternative processes printing 4047 photos, 1603 members
- AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE 1620 photos, 316 members
- OLD CAMERAS 2507 photos, 168 members
- Holgaroid 4403 photos, 1092 members
- Future is Analogue 16071 photos, 666 members
- Olympus Pen EE 3146 photos, 354 members
- "Black Bird Fly" camera and photos 6284 photos, 913 members
- 127 Format 2093 photos, 431 members
- Polaroid Image Transfers & Emulsion Lifts 2866 photos, 811 members
- COLOR Films developed in B/W chemicals 1186 photos, 633 members
- Instant Film 14057 photos, 1076 members
- Fujifilm INSTANT - (Peel Apart Film Only) 4122 photos, 674 members
- Pan - Pola 1472 photos, 113 members
- Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim 28063 photos, 2968 members
- Kaohsiung Flickr Meetup 高雄福利客聚會 1404 photos, 83 members
- Tainan Flickr Meetup 台南福利客聚會 621 photos, 85 members
- THE ART OF THE BICYCLE 637 photos, 205 members
- Bitan 碧潭 807 photos, 31 members
- nature désolée [film only please] 709 photos, 134 members
- Aut - Aut 38891 photos, 1047 members
- Rainbow7 Club 341 photos, 111 members
- One Bottle 10145 photos, 3076 members
- Taiwan Street Photography 11478 photos, 1368 members
- Graffiti in Tainan (塗鴉台南) 142 photos, 33 members
- I shoot folding cameras in Taiwan 台灣 蛇腹相機 251 photos, 17 members
- 35mm Toy Cameras 5211 photos, 534 members
- Taiwan's High Rises 高樓建築在台灣 (Post 1, Comment 1) 2088 photos, 300 members
- Pinhole Photography 31980 photos, 5705 members
- B&W Pinhole Photography 6176 photos, 855 members
Testimonials (12)
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Kent Mercurio says:
"Don't believe what he says in his profile, he is *really* obsessed with toy cameras, but in a good way! William's stream is always a blast to view. He's the rare Flickr-er who 1) loves to shoot film 2) takes tons of great photos & 3) always posts them with great titles! It's always fun to see your photostream, William."
12th May, 2008
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Mark-B says:
"the possibilities in photography are largely untapped. it doesn't seem that way, because we get in a rut filled with misconceptions and gilded rules. Formica sees photographs in a seemingly free and uninhibited way. it is a joy."
2nd April, 2008
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becommonppl 一生玩不夠 says:
"Fomica is a natural observer of weird pile of stuff; he finds objects that you could never even notice, and capture them with a very unique point of view. Needless to say, he is also strongly obsessed with toy camera. This man can get the most use out of it."
11th December, 2007
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trxonspeed says:
"formica is one of my favourite photographers on flickr. whenever i'm in need for some inspiration, I check his stream. always a good variation of photos. keep up the good work man!"
7th December, 2007
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7meteor says:
" When I wanted to write a testimonial for formica at first time, I didn't know how to say he gave me a lots surprised frames. After a long time ago, I've still liked his photo that always has special idea to appear Taiwanese face ,or other world he touch by camera. Formica is a nice guy who enthuse by flickr and photograph that may not strict. I like to communicate with him about joyful photography, even though I'm poor in english, and he's poor in chinese caption ?! anyway... I'm glad to make a testimonial for formica, and to be his flickr's friend. ps. I'll try to write more and more in the future."
25th October, 2007
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LanceG says:
"This man has developed a reputation with every photograph that we've taken of him :O. But that certainly has nothing to do with the amazing images that he produces with his "toys"....nothing short of brilliant! Now that he's doing home processing...William, is definitely the man to watch. I'm sure that he'll come up with some home brew chemicals to process his film with. goodluck, william. camera geek talk wont be the same without you :)...see you around."
9th September, 2007
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R-X says:
"120拍得很好，畫面給人一種真實卻又虛幻的感覺非常棒！！"
14th August, 2007
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timojazz says:
"We are lucky to have this guy and his lenses (ok, ok, toys) here in Taiwan.
I will say so to my Taiwanese friends."19th June, 2007
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alidarbac says:
"My mind reels at the number of creative shots formica has cranked out with his arsenal of toy cameras. There's more ingenuity here on any one given day than most people put up in a month. Damn."
24th May, 2007
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I'll fight you for that sandwich says:
"formica's photos blow my mind almost daily , keep them coming"
12th May, 2007
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fuyanyu says:
"看了formica的照片,你會很訝異他用什麼相機照出這樣像異次元空間的照片,當你瞭解到他所使用的相機,你會很瞠目結舌,天呀!厲害的人的相機,竟然是丟在路上可能沒人會檢的相機,擔心可能是爆烈物.
強力推薦!!!"7th April, 2006
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marciana says:
"i adore his view of the world through a toy camera lens - it inspires me to grab my holga more often in hopes I'll take toy camera photos as great as his! I always enjoy my visit when i check his photostream."
11th November, 2005
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