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A song about Kodachrome? Oh yes! It is a song by Paul Simon. Learn more about the song and see the video after the break.
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Can you believe these photos were from the '40s? These incredibly vibrant and sharp colour photographs were shot by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information, a government agency created during World War II to promote patriotism, warn about foreign spies and to recruit women into war work, using Kodachrome film.
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German photographer Fred Herzog is one of the pioneers in color photography but his photographs weren’t seen in exhibitions since black and white was the chosen medium for most photographers at that time. See more of his photographs and learn more about him after the break.
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We broke out the old slide projector and asked our community members to show us some of their favorite slides! The result was an evening of popcorn, beer, and some great artwork.
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Here's something I ran into a while ago. Photography website PetaPixel recently featured a mini documentary about the closing of the last photo lab that processes Kodachrome films. Video after the jump...
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In 1955, engineer Michael King was sent to Korea for his national service. While he was there, he was able to document the lives of the citizens after the war. Take a look at some of his Kodachrome photos after the jump.
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You have to be crazy to enter a war zone. I was. But I brought my Nikon 8008.
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It has been released on a major project to bring film production to the big screen the story of the film Kodachrome. Thus, the film will have its own movie. Want to know the plot and its possible production?
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Todd Heisler found boxes of aluminum cases in her mother’s basement containing Kodachrome slides which his father, Gordon Heisler took back in the 1960’s. 50 years after the photos were taken, Todd Heisler learns more about his family through his father’s photos.
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Father's Day falls in the month of June and what better time to give thanks to my own dad for helping to get me interested in photography!
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You've seen how Kodak makes its medium format film in the 1950's. Now, it's time for you to watch Kodak's dreamy 1922 test film, shot using the legendary Kodachrome!
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Kodak introduced the first commercially available color film—Kodachrome—in 1935, and processing for the by-then-legendary film ceased on December 30, 2010. It was a film engineered for quality and archival stability. But it ended up capturing the gamut from the most famous photographs in the world to snapshots on family vacations. I even managed to capture a few frames in the spirit of Lomography...
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„Mama, don't take my kodachrome away“, Paul Simon was already singing. This year, after 75 years, it became true: Kodak ends the production of this film, and the last slides were developed at Dwaynes in USA in January 2011.
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This just in - Dreamworks is planning on making a film our beloved emulsion Kodachrome! Now that sounds interesting!
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American Photo features a great article about fun plastic cameras. Let's check it out, shall we?
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I recently attended the Peter Lindbergh exhibition "On Street" at C/O Berlin. It was dedicated to Lindbergh's classic and timeless fashion photos.
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Kodak took our Kodachrome away and I have not even shot a single roll. Since it seems impossible to get a roll and send it to Dwayne's Photo, I decided to create a T-shirt in honor of this unique emulsion.
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On December 30th, none other but the New York Times dedicated a spot in its front page to analogue photographers worldwide and their scramble to develop the last remaining Kodachrome rolls.
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Dear Kodachrome. I know we never met, but I'm sure we would have been great friends. Thanks for your hues and saturation that couldn't be matched. Consider this experimental film my ode to you.
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Not that we're torturing ourselves intentionally here but we've got more Kodachrome news! This time around, we have the story of a man traveling from Arkansas to Kansas to pick up 15,000 Kodachrome stills he had printed!
