Kodak announced on June 22nd, it will be ceasing production of the iconic Kodachrome line of slide film after 74 years. Kodachrome was first introduced in 1935 and quickly gained popularity and earned an iconic status in the photography world. Especally after the haunting Afghan Girl portrait was published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. The haunting image was captured by professional photographer Steve McCurry on Kodachrome. In addition to that Paul Simon wrote a song about the film, titled “Kodachrome.”
I would never think that a song would be written about a particular film. But then again, I’ve never used the stock, and at this point probably never will. It is hard to come by and even harder to get developed, as it has to be sent to Kansas, the only remaining K-14 lab (K-14 being the name of the process for developing Kodachrome).
For more details:
Official Kodak Press Release
A Tribute to Kodachrome