12 Best Gifts for People Who Love L.A.
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| Amit Desai |
6. America Sutra
America Sutra is a web-based exhibition and seven-volume visual essay that chronicles Amit Desai's 10-year-long journey across the United States. For anyone itching to go on a road trip, America Sutra should help retrace the steps made by California-bound homesteaders in the midst of Westward Expansion. Pay-what-you-can, AmericaSutra.com.
5. Lytro
Click anywhere on the picture above. Go ahead, just do it. You'll notice that the focus adjusts to include subjects located within the depth of field, which is fucking awesome -- not to mention necessary for capturing celebrities during the walk of shame. Makers of the first consumer light field camera, Lytro also just launched the Lytro-izer, which invites people to upload their photos for a chance to have them recreated in claymation as a kick-ass holiday greeting that promises to blow those quasi-customized JibJab e-cards straight out of the water. $399 - $499, Lytro.com.
Lomography
4. Lomo LC-A+ Silver Lake
For anyone who prefers analog to digital technology, there's Lomography -- a film-based photo empire that's flourished while other bigwigs such as Polaroid and Kodak haven't. Modeled after a compact Russian camera from 1984, Lomo's LC-A+ has evolved into a sophisticated mechanical marvel that recalls the anticipatory excitement associated with developing 35mm film, and it comes in a special Silver Lake edition, too. Lomography also makes a low-speed film called the Color X-Pro Sunset Strip, designed to help capture the sun-soaked city in all its bright, glaring glory. $399, Lomography.com.
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