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 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.
As Kodachrome is no longer manufactured, Steinle said that on Dec. 10 Dwayne’s Photo will end its processing of Kodachrome.
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And so the last roll of Kodachrome was processed and the equipment is being shut down and moved out…And a lifetime of photographic history comes to an end. Digital brought about the end. So a word of warning to anyone out there with a roll or two of the stuff…You have until December to get it processed. But if I were you…I’d do it sooner rather than later..Don’cha know.
Back in the early 70’s when I started getting serious about my photos it was Kodachrome I burned through because it was cheap to have processed in those days. And the quality of the image was amazing…Just as long as you had the light.
