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Kodachrome 36 Exposure Roll

You may not have noticed it, but Kodak announced a little over a year ago that it would cease production of its flagship product for the last 74 years, Kodachrome® film, due to declining sales.

At the time that really saddened me.  I’d had a love affair with cameras and photography from age 18, and while it never progressed further than the avid hobbyist / occasional supplemental income stage, I came to appreciate the quality and consistency that the Kodak brand gave me.

Which is why I have to share with you an item from the Wichita Eagle, chronicling the fate of the last 36 exposure roll of Kodachrome® Kodak produced, when it was finally processed in Parsons, Kansas:

“PARSONS — 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…”  The rest of the story is here

If you ever held a camera in your hands and shot slides, it’s more than worth the read.

Damn if I don’t feel like holding an Irish wake.