Thursday, December 30, 2010

Kodachrome is well and truly over now

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.htm
http://www.overoll.com/Content/Kodachrome-slide-film-rolls-into-history-/2010/12/31/437062.news
I sometimes wonder if this would have gotten as much attention as it did if Paul Simon had not had his hit "Kodachrome" in the early 1970s. OK, granted, it had a unique look and yes, it was just about the first colour film available to the masses in the western world. But honestly, by the mid 1970s there were a lot of other films in the E-6 process available. I've always prefered the look of Fuji slide film over the somewhat alien look of the Kodachrome K-14 process.

But, let's honor this film with what I think is the best pic ever shot on it:
Steve McCurry's shot of an Afghan girl.

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