The Holga camera
Sometimes referred to as a toy camera, the Holga is a plastic film camera first introduced in China in the 1980s as an inexpensive mass-market camera. The Holga does not have a light meter and has a fixed shutter speed with “bulb” setting to hold the shutter open. The Holga can be challenging to use but the results are worth the effort. The natural vignetting and the softer focus of the plastic lens is a pleasant departure from ultra sharp modern lenses.
Images on this site were realized with black and white film and printed in a traditional "wet" darkroom.