Dead: Kodachrome Film

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:05:29 -0500, "DGH"
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http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/140...processed.html

Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons

By COLLEEN SURRIDGE

The Wichita Eagle

PARSONS, Kansas - Freelance photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose work has
graced the pages of National Geographic, laid 36 slides representing the
last frames of Kodachrome film on the light board sitting on a counter in
Dwayne's Photo Service in Parsons.

He placed a lupe - a magnifier that makes it easier to view film - over one
frame and took a closer look at the film.

McCurry told Dwayne's vice president Grant Steinle how he had chosen to
shoot the last roll of Kodachrome produced by Eastman Kodak by capturing
images around New York.

"Then we went to India, where I photographed a tribe that is actually on the
verge of extinction. It's actually disappearing, the same way as
Kodachrome," he told Steinle.

Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a brand name of
color reversal film it had manufactured since 1935. McCurry, well-known for
his 1984 photograph of Sharbat Gula, or the "Afghan Girl," published on the
cover of National Geographic magazine, requested from Kodak to shoot the
last roll of 36 frames it manufactured.

National Geographic has closely documented the journey of the final roll of
Kodachrome manufactured, down to its being processed. Dwayne's is only photo
lab left in the world to handle Kodachrome processing, so National
Geographic Television producer Yvonne Russo and National Geographic magazine
senior video producer Hans Weise found themselves in Parsons Monday, along
with McCurry, with the final roll of the iconic film of the 20th century.

As a professional freelance photographer, McCurry has used Kodachrome film
for 35 years.

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On 2010-07-27 22:37:33 -0400, rwalker said:

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:05:29 -0500, "DGH"
wrote:

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http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/140...processed.html

Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons

By COLLEEN SURRIDGE

The Wichita Eagle

PARSONS, Kansas - Freelance photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose work has
graced the pages of National Geographic, laid 36 slides representing the
last frames of Kodachrome film on the light board sitting on a counter in
Dwayne's Photo Service in Parsons.

He placed a lupe - a magnifier that makes it easier to view film - over one
frame and took a closer look at the film.

McCurry told Dwayne's vice president Grant Steinle how he had chosen to
shoot the last roll of Kodachrome produced by Eastman Kodak by capturing
images around New York.

"Then we went to India, where I photographed a tribe that is actually on the
verge of extinction. It's actually disappearing, the same way as
Kodachrome," he told Steinle.

Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a brand name of
color reversal film it had manufactured since 1935. McCurry, well-known for
his 1984 photograph of Sharbat Gula, or the "Afghan Girl," published on the
cover of National Geographic magazine, requested from Kodak to shoot the
last roll of 36 frames it manufactured.

National Geographic has closely documented the journey of the final roll of
Kodachrome manufactured, down to its being processed. Dwayne's is only photo
lab left in the world to handle Kodachrome processing, so National
Geographic Television producer Yvonne Russo and National Geographic magazine
senior video producer Hans Weise found themselves in Parsons Monday, along
with McCurry, with the final roll of the iconic film of the 20th century.

As a professional freelance photographer, McCurry has used Kodachrome film
for 35 years.

.

If you have any Kodachrome left (I just finished one roll, have another
in the camera, and the last in the freezer) it needs to make it to
Dwayne's by noon on December 30 or forget it. That is the last
processing run for Kodachrome. Anywhere.

--
Michael

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On 2010-07-27 22:37:33 -0400, rwalker said:

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:05:29 -0500, "DGH"
wrote:

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http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/140...processed.html

Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons

By COLLEEN SURRIDGE

The Wichita Eagle

PARSONS, Kansas - Freelance photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose
work has
graced the pages of National Geographic, laid 36 slides representing
the
last frames of Kodachrome film on the light board sitting on a
counter in
Dwayne's Photo Service in Parsons.

He placed a lupe - a magnifier that makes it easier to view film -
over one
frame and took a closer look at the film.

McCurry told Dwayne's vice president Grant Steinle how he had chosen
to
shoot the last roll of Kodachrome produced by Eastman Kodak by
capturing
images around New York.

"Then we went to India, where I photographed a tribe that is
actually on the
verge of extinction. It's actually disappearing, the same way as
Kodachrome," he told Steinle.

Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a brand
name of
color reversal film it had manufactured since 1935. McCurry,
well-known for
his 1984 photograph of Sharbat Gula, or the "Afghan Girl," published
on the
cover of National Geographic magazine, requested from Kodak to shoot
the
last roll of 36 frames it manufactured.

National Geographic has closely documented the journey of the final
roll of
Kodachrome manufactured, down to its being processed. Dwayne's is
only photo
lab left in the world to handle Kodachrome processing, so National
Geographic Television producer Yvonne Russo and National Geographic
magazine
senior video producer Hans Weise found themselves in Parsons Monday,
along
with McCurry, with the final roll of the iconic film of the 20th
century.

As a professional freelance photographer, McCurry has used
Kodachrome film
for 35 years.

.

If you have any Kodachrome left (I just finished one roll, have
another in the camera, and the last in the freezer) it needs to make
it to Dwayne's by noon on December 30 or forget it. That is the last
processing run for Kodachrome. Anywhere.

--
Michael

Thanks!

Did not know that.

Cheers