"Kodachrome is a type of color reversal film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1935. It was one of the first successful colour materials and was used for both cinematography and stills photography. Because of its complex processing requirements, the film was sold process-paid until 1954 in the United States where a legal ruling prohibited this. Elsewhere, this arrangement continued. Kodachrome was the subject of a Paul Simon song and a US state park was named after it. For many years it was used for professional color photography, especially for images intended for publication in print media. Because of the uptake of alternative photographic materials, its complex processing and the widespread transition to digital photography, Kodachrome lost its market share, its manufacture was discontinued in 2009 and film processing ended in 2010."
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome
Kodachrome is pretty much a way of making photography from before my time, and I am sad that I will never get to truly experience making and taking photographs using this prestigious process. But alas, sometimes things have to come to an end - I'm one of the "digital generation" and will probably end up using this as my main medium, but we should never forget our roots and our history.
Thousands of Kodachrome positive slides have been produced over the years and each one has a little bit of history hidden within it. I would love to create something that is able to tap into these memories and express them a little better than have been in the past.
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