Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons

Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons

http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/1403115/last-kodachrome-roll-processed.html


"Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a brand name of color reversal film it had manufactured since 1935. McCurry, well-known for his 1984 photograph of Sharbat Gula, or the "Afghan Girl," published on the cover of National Geographic magazine, requested from Kodak to shoot the last roll of 36 frames it manufactured.

National Geographic has closely documented the journey of the final roll of Kodachrome manufactured, down to its being processed. Dwayne's is only photo lab left in the world to handle Kodachrome processing, so National Geographic Television producer Yvonne Russo and National Geographic magazine senior video producer Hans Weise found themselves in Parsons Monday, along with McCurry, with the final roll of the iconic film of the 20th century"

Russo said the National Geographic special covering the last roll of Kodachrome manufactured will likely air sometime in spring 2011.

Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/1403115/last-kodachrome-roll-processed.html#ixzz0v5DPwJgW