From: Bart Weiss (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Jun 25 2009 - 19:15:26 PDT
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> THE END in Kodachrome, Somewhere, USA, 1969
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> Friday, June 26, 2009
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> Broken twigs cleverly placed on a lawn spell out what happened to
> our beloved Kodachrome this week. Yes, the fine folks at Kodak, in
> Rochester, NY, announced that the granddaddy and gold standard of
> all color film has been discontinued. The last roll of Kodachrome
> film has left the building.
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> It is the end of yet another Americana icon.
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> Kodachrome first hit the shelves in 1935 in the form of 16mm movie
> film. 35mm slide film and 8mm “home” movie film came a year later.
> Ironically it was two musicians, not photographers that invented the
> miracle medium. Both had the first name of Leopold. After world war
> two masses of mom and pop photogs embraced Kodachrome and generously
> documented the colorful cultural explosion of Americana.
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> Kodachrome is a very luxurious medium to be documented in. When used
> correctly it lavishes its subjects with depth of light and shadow,
> clarity and a color spectrum unlike anything known to mankind. But
> processing the worlds most famous film is no easy task. It takes
> chemists working with cantankerous machinery to do the job. And, by
> the way, if you have Kodachrome film that needs to be developed now
> is the time because there is only one place left that can do it,
> Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas. It’s probably going to take more
> than an hour.
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> Kodachrome slides changed my life. It was 1992; I was meandering
> through a thrift shop, which at the time wasn’t unusual for me, when
> a blue shoebox marked “Trip across the United States 1957” caught my
> eye. I opened it up and it was full of slides. I held a few up to
> the light and knew immediately these orphaned Kodachromes were a
> treasure with my name on it. I haven’t stopped collecting slides
> since. I find slides to be little time traveler vehicles providing a
> quick and easy ride-a-long to another place and time. They are
> without a doubt my medium of choice when it comes to studying
> mid-20th century American life and style.
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> Kodachrome film may be gone but may the slide shows never end.
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> Have you been documented in Kodachrome?
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> Here’s to both Leopolds, Kodak, Kodachrome and YOU!
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