We are in the final year of Kodachome. In 2009 Kodak ended the 74-year production of this legendary film forever. If you aren't familiar with how significant this is, this was the color film we grew up on. All the National Geographic pictures, all the LIFE magazine pictures were taken on Kodachome, the film that set the original standard for color photography. To this day, there has never been another film that has equalled the archival properties of Kodachrome. I have Kodachome slides that were taken (not by me) over 50 years ago, and they look as if they were taken just yesterday.
There is only one place left in the entire world which is still processing the film, and that will cease on December 31, 2010. After that, Kodachome, the most famous color film in the history of photography, will be gone forever. I presently have 80+ rolls sitting in my freezer, and during the coming year, I will be documenting colorful scenes unique to Wisconsin. Some of them will be presented in this blog. Future plans will include a book, in addition to a traveling, old-fashioned slide show.
