The first of my 2025 print collection.

Each month I update this websites homepage with a new piece of artwork. Partly because it’s nice to visitors to see something new when they arrive but mostly because it’s a fun way for me to keep my design ‘chops’ sharp. So I decided to turn these pieces into prints for you to enjoy.

Each fine art, Giclée print is A3 – 297mm x 420mm. and is supplied with the correct aperture (Cardstock border) for framing.

The Diana: Princess of toy cameras

A somewhat brittle and flimsy photographic tool. Dianas were designed to be sold at rock bottom prices – examples in the US sometimes went for as little as $1 – and so their lenses were made as simply as possible. The Diana’s lens was a glass-free zone. The lens was as simple as it’s possible to make and still reasonably expect to get a sharp image, at least in the centre of the frame. It was a single-element plastic meniscus lens, low in contrast and with a significant fall-off of detail towards the corners of the frame. That helped create the characteristic dreamy feel that would help create the Diana cult.

None of this has anything to do with this artwork.

Except for the fact that (I think) the main image might be from some Dianna literature that I was sent when I bought mine back in the 90’s! If you’d like to know more about the Lomography camera scene and it’s history, there’s a video link below.