The End of an Era – 1935 to 2010
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Today is the day that Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome, stops developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film last year, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames.
Actor Robert De Niro in his screening room in Tribeca, NYC
Grand Central Terminal, New York, one of the most important and beloved architectural icons in the city
Kodachrome was my mainstay film, the film I used for 30 years.
Rabari Girl
Rabari Woman
I have about 800,000 Kodachrome transparencies in my archive. It was probably the greatest film ever made.
Turkish photographer Ara Guler, nicknamed “The Eye of Istanbul” is the dean of Turkish Photographers and a friend of the late Henri Cartier-Bresson
Amitabh Bachchan, the most prominent actor in the history of Indian cinema
Elliot Erwitt, Magnum Photographer, known for his wit and whimsical humor, photographed in his studio, Central Park West, NYC
I shot the final frame in a cemetery in Parsons, Kansas
February 5, 2015 at 16:26
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September 21, 2013 at 22:15
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September 13, 2013 at 11:15
Amazing eye. So sad that film is almost gone.
April 30, 2013 at 20:44
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February 14, 2013 at 02:31
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January 19, 2013 at 14:23
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January 10, 2013 at 12:37
Pictures amazing natural and succesfull
December 20, 2012 at 16:42
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November 27, 2012 at 00:58
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October 24, 2012 at 00:17
I have spent over an hour on your site just mesmerized by the incredible photos.
What a sad story on this post… Unbelievable that you were the one to take the final photos on Kodachrome.
Keep up the good work just doesn’t seem to be powerful enough.
Thank you!
June 15, 2012 at 14:45
I must admit that I saw several times the documentary of National Geographic Channel, about Steve McCurry and the last roll of Kodachrome. I’ve recorded and it’s on the top of my faves.
April 20, 2012 at 00:28
I’m almost crying… This is so sad… I just hope there will always be chrome. Maybe someday we get Kodak to come back in their decision. Kodachrome is amazing and I never had the chance to use. :(
April 15, 2012 at 10:37
I saw the documentary today…well done, fabuluous work, fabulous photographs. I enjoyed hearing how you prepared to use the last 36, the thinking and purpose and intent behind it all. It was also quite intriguing you preciously guard each frame. And then, as you waited for the film to be developed, like an expectig father in the waiting room.
January 25, 2012 at 18:03
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January 20, 2012 at 18:43
I like your photos very much. thank you for any of it. that’s intersting.
January 4, 2012 at 08:12
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November 23, 2011 at 10:01
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September 15, 2011 at 15:20
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August 20, 2011 at 13:14
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August 18, 2011 at 16:05
If I could spend just one day with Steve Mccurry….
August 18, 2011 at 16:08
I am sure I could learn so much just being in your presence. I love your work!
August 14, 2011 at 16:35
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July 18, 2011 at 13:07
Dear Mr McCurry, i watched the documentary of your last roll of Kodachrome… i’m not a fan of films, i started shooting in digital, and i’m not so captured by the fashination of film…
In the doc i’ve seen that you used a D3x for the test shots… i’m curious, and i would like to see a comparison of the test pictures with the kodachrome’s photos…
It would be great…
July 18, 2011 at 02:38
Estupendo homenaje al Kodakchrome…..
June 24, 2011 at 07:36
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June 17, 2011 at 17:30
How it hurts that I never got to shoot with this film! Such an awe-inspiring medium!..
May 26, 2011 at 03:19
Great web site, Thank you!
May 8, 2011 at 17:51
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April 22, 2011 at 15:08
I understand you decided to use a nikon F6.
Which lens(es) did you use?
March 9, 2011 at 09:07
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February 24, 2011 at 13:34
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February 16, 2011 at 21:27
awesome pictures very artistic!
February 2, 2011 at 16:51
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February 1, 2011 at 21:55
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February 1, 2011 at 08:27
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January 29, 2011 at 18:47
Thank you for posting these very moving shots. It’s more an just the Kodachrome.
January 28, 2011 at 09:38
hi~I am an editor of a creative magazine in China,i like your works very much. We want to use the last three pictures in one page to introduce the event, can you provide us the hi-resolusion types? If you are agree,i will give you my email.Thank you ~
January 28, 2011 at 15:50
Hello,
Thank you for looking at my blog. Please contact studio@stevemccurry.com to request pictures.
Best,
Steve
February 17, 2011 at 00:35
Saw all your images on Vanity Fair’s website. It was great to see all you shots together and in the order you took them. I was going through boxes of slides I shot through the years and discovered I had shot more Kodachrome than Ekachrome. I worked in a military photo lab in the seventies and ran an Ekachrome processor. But Kodachrome was my film of choice at that time and years after that.
I hope you ar planning a book sometime in. Near future.
Wonderful work….
January 26, 2011 at 10:51
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January 25, 2011 at 12:58
Excelente trabajo.
Buena forma de hacer un homenaje a las legendarias Kodachrome.
January 24, 2011 at 16:40
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January 20, 2011 at 13:14
Amazing to see that you could make so many great photos from 36 exposures. It will be interesting to know how long you carried that film in the camera.
January 30, 2011 at 04:47
I was wondering the very same thing. That sounds like it would be a story unto itself.
January 20, 2011 at 05:06
You photos are great. Love to see all 36 exposures you shot.
January 20, 2011 at 01:18
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January 19, 2011 at 08:11
When the daguerreotype became obsolete in the 1860s, people — photographers — recognized immediately that a great visual resource was being lost, but the commercial infrastructure no longer existed to support the medium. Nothing personal, nothing to do with aesthetics, except that in the very instant of its disappearance, it was suddenly possible to see medium’s properties in a way impossible before, because they were suddenly freed of any “industrial” or practical responsbilities. The daguerreotype became gratuitous and beautiful. Resurrected 140 years later, it was no longer a necessity but an option for image makers, and its only reason for use was (is) as a medium of art. Kodachrome follows exactly this trajectory: at the moment of eclipse it is laden with historical resonance, carrier of collective memory, but utterly surpassed for photography except in its peculiar chemical beauties, which can never be replaced. Is it possible that someday, somewhere someone, a member of the antiquarian avant garde, will find a way to revive the process? Untiltn hen, like the prophet Isaiah, photographers will ask, “How long, O Lord, how long?”
January 17, 2011 at 13:25
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January 17, 2011 at 13:00
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January 15, 2011 at 12:49
[…] The Last Roll of Kodachrome at Steve McMurray’s blog. McMurray got to shoot the very last roll to get processed. He made some wonderful images with it, and reminded me of how great that old, beautiful film base truly was. If you ever got to shoot it, you know what I’m talking about. […]
January 14, 2011 at 15:55
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January 13, 2011 at 20:52
Very nice work
January 11, 2011 at 22:46
Not sure if anyone mentioned that Kodachrome used to come in 8×10 format, at least through 1940 when Louise Dahl-Wolfe shot fashion for Harper’s Bazaar.
Imagine that…
January 11, 2011 at 21:37
Nice work, as usual. Some of us are still waiting to get our final rolls back from Parsons; as I write this they still haven’t turned off the K-14 processor. It’ll probably have to go for a couple more days yet. Amazingly, the chemistry has outlasted the backlog, like some ancient crock of tri-colored oil.
I don’t know about you, but after this I’ve got a pile of Fuji films to use up.
January 11, 2011 at 19:55
The following quotation most clearly describes your photography, very likely describes you as a man.
`A good photographer makes an image by holding the camera to his eye.
A great photographer makes an image by holding the camera to his heart.’
Thank you Steve
January 11, 2011 at 19:03
I just digitized a Kodachrome slide I shot while in college – in 1970. The scan is good, but there is something about holding the very piece of film that I shot 41 years ago. As a visual resource “slide librarian” and semi-pro photographer, I have been personally involved in the digital transition for many yrs. It is the end of an era and a certain mind-set, but it is our creative mind and eye that make the art – not the media. I look forward to retirement and going pro as a photographer.
January 11, 2011 at 05:09
Brilliant .. what next Mr Steve. What will you shoot with? Also always wanted to ask you Do you shoot Digital?
January 10, 2011 at 23:55
Farewell film… Hope to see you in the future…
January 10, 2011 at 18:34
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January 9, 2011 at 21:51
This is history of photography now…
Great work
Pega
http://www.pegaphoto.com
January 9, 2011 at 14:37
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January 9, 2011 at 12:44
Hi. I feel very sad today. I have never used Kodachrome, but used Fuji Velvia and Provia for 10 years. I finally left my films at home for the first time during my last trip to India to shoot digital. It was a tough decision to make.
January 9, 2011 at 05:46
Hi Steve, quite an honor. I loved the red and yellow flowers (orchids, I believe they were). What a great final touch for the final frame.
January 8, 2011 at 23:26
What a decision it must have been to decide how to use that final roll. Beautiful shots, and the last is, of course, just so appropiate…
January 7, 2011 at 21:51
Hola Steve, buenísimo tu trabajo pero te equivocas en decir que Ese laboratorio en Kansas es el último del planeta, no creo que sea ni siquiera el último en Norteamerica en revelar rollos. Yo y muchísimos fotografos aficionados utilizamos rollos aqui en Argentina y hay una inmensa variedad de laboratorios. Es demasiado grandilocuente decir “The last lab on the planet”.
Saludos!
January 7, 2011 at 16:30
Hi Steve! That last roll HAD to be for you, no one could have given it a better use :) Greetings from Huelva, still remember the day I met you in person!
January 7, 2011 at 14:46
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January 7, 2011 at 13:26
Your kodachrome photos are what convinced me at 15 years old that photography would forever be the passion that binds me. The end of kodachrome is a sad day, and bekons future sad days as film becomes more “obsolete”. There is no doubt your talent and gift will continue to bless us with beautiful photographs. Thank you for inspiring me to capture the beauty that surrounds us all.
January 7, 2011 at 06:15
I remember the only timely processing of Kodachrome was New York Color, and we used it prolifically when I was assisting Greg Heisler for a couple years.. ah the joys of late night editing on the slide projector!
I’ve got 18 rolls of KR25 inc. processing, exp 12/88 .. any takers ?
January 6, 2011 at 22:53
It is a very sad day! Your photographic tribute to Kodachrome is moving!
Your photographic work is superb, I am a big fan of yours.
Best of luck in 2011!
January 6, 2011 at 21:43
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January 5, 2011 at 22:59
when i went to afghanistan in 1978 you were for sure an inspiration for me…..and for the years that followed….what a beautiful well thought out use of what will be history…the last roll of kodachrome film….it is hard to believe….i am glad you were the photographer to do this…what a great career…..
January 5, 2011 at 22:55
Great and sad page.
Thanks for sharing your sorrow and reminding us all that the good things are not around for ever…. and are not always replaced by satisfactory alternatives.
Your pictures are beautiful.
Thanks +++
January 5, 2011 at 21:37
De Niro… was he:)
January 5, 2011 at 16:17
Time for a new song from Paul Simon
January 5, 2011 at 10:18
While I feel that my voice seems so small in this sea of so many of your fans, I’d just like to say that this last set is beyond words. I cannot think of any other subjects that are worth capturing with this last roll of Kodachrome. You sir, are really a true inspiration to all photographers out in the world.
January 5, 2011 at 01:36
Thank you Steve.
For All.
January 4, 2011 at 23:47
Steve, there are many photographers in the world who use Kodachrome now. If you have lack of Kodachrome process, you can buy films and reagents.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=kodachrome&_sacat=See-All-Categories
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3658525.html
http://www.chemos-group.com/
Also you cat contacting with one of the Kodachrome Photo Engineer:
http://www.apug.org/forums/members/photo-engineer/
Thank you for you beautiful pictures!
January 4, 2011 at 23:17
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January 4, 2011 at 22:57
The cemetery made me sad.
Mama, they took my Kodachrome away
Not saying that’s the end of my day
But to sway the minds of the instant play to play
doesn’t seem strange
doesn’t seem wise
doesn’t seem all that surprising
when all those pixels are uprising
Vibrance has left the building…
January 4, 2011 at 17:58
Muy buenas fotografias! el fin de Kodachrome? increible! saludos.
cal
January 4, 2011 at 17:26
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January 4, 2011 at 14:40
It was in the early 50’s that I first used Kodachrome, and remember saying on a bright sunny day. “Ah, it looks like a 1/50 @ f/8 day”, but I’ve now moved into digital and enjoy the easy computer manipulation. Ansel Adams manipulated B&W in the darkroom but with Kodachrone, you needed to be “right on” with exposure and filter (if used).
Now where are those 35 to 50K of slides that I need to digitize, but maybe not all!
January 4, 2011 at 13:38
Saw this on Ewan McIntosh’s blog this am at the exact moment the song Kodachrome came on my satelite radio. Seriously!
Trivial? Perhaps.
Perhaps not. Rest in pece Kodachrome.
January 4, 2011 at 12:25
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January 4, 2011 at 08:27
It is the end of an era, not just kodachrome but seemingly film in general. Kodak are slowly discontinuing many of their best films and chemical papers. Naturally they are not in my good books at the moment!
Hope you continue to work for many years to come. Although its a big loss nothing can substitute for vision and hard work! I wrote a piece on your photograph of the Afghan girl recently, admittedly not on the technical aspects but on the progressive meaning of that image from 1985 to present day. Check it out if you have time, would be lovely to hear your opinion. Best wishes, take care!
Daniel
http://c41blog.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/34/
http://c41blog.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/how-context-determines-photographic-meaning-part-2/
January 4, 2011 at 08:24
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January 4, 2011 at 08:08
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January 4, 2011 at 00:40
I sent two rolls of Kodachrome 40 Super 8 cine film to Dwayne’s a couple weeks ago, but haven’t received anything back yet! Hopefully they just got waylaid!
Kodachrome you will be missed…
January 3, 2011 at 22:51
Steve,
Your a legend.
Jack English
January 3, 2011 at 19:57
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January 3, 2011 at 19:47
As always, cracking photos :) Re: Kodachrome film, I shot one roll (64-36exp) in my life ( a freebie from a mate) and the majority was shot through a Greyhound bus (going through the Canadian Rockies) and one shot took a
3rd place in a camera club competition (back in late 80’s) :)
January 3, 2011 at 19:44
Man I loved K25. So smooth. I remember rushing out to Rockville for overnight processing of K25 and K64. Shot one job on 120 Kodachrome and it took a week to get processed. Wrote a blog piece in 2009 about how Kodachrome influenced my life.
http://www.camerondavidson.com/blog/2009/07/05/how-kodachrome-influenced-my-life/
Several years back I wrote a piece on Shorpey’s and their amazing Kodachrome 4×5 collection.
Check out this for some amazing colors in the forties.http://www.shorpy.com/image/tid/179
January 3, 2011 at 19:31
[…] leave it to the images themselves. Mccurry’s last developed Kodachrome pictures are located here. For more pictures, ACL has had a pretty rabid fascination with them and has included tons of […]
January 3, 2011 at 19:07
Really amazing!
January 3, 2011 at 18:02
ojalá las cámaras digitales kodak fueran la mitad de buenas que sus rollos de película…
January 3, 2011 at 17:49
The only thing better than the 35mm Kodachrome slides was 70mm Kodachrome….
Digital is fine but is so sterile sometimes… It is everything to everyone so it’s personality is suspect.
January 3, 2011 at 17:08
Thank you for commemoration of the event. Personally, I began photography in the pre-digital era, but I did not become proficient until after digital arrived; therefore I respect those who are masters of film. You have inspired me to press my Elan 7e back into service. I guess I’ll try Kodak High Definition 400.
Again, thanks for sharing your work.
January 3, 2011 at 16:44
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January 3, 2011 at 16:31
A very fitting tribute.
January 3, 2011 at 16:29
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January 3, 2011 at 16:20
I spent years as an assistant with this film, it had magical properties. I would buy it for the photographer I worked for in “Bricks” and we went through tons of it. It was wonderful to receive it back from the labs and put it up on the light table. So many great images were captured using this film.
January 3, 2011 at 14:47
WoW!
January 3, 2011 at 14:19
GRACIAS
January 3, 2011 at 12:28
Kodachrome is dead :-( long life for Kodachrome images :o)
One way of viewing the world has changed.
But don’t worry, the work of Steve continues at the top of the world ;o)
January 3, 2011 at 09:26
Hi Steve, thank you for all the pictures.
Its not the Kodachromes that speaks, its your pictures.
I’m thankful to have found your website. As a photographer myself, I could not help but amazed but the depth of emotions in your pictures.
Thank you once again!
January 3, 2011 at 09:19
Wonderful images and a fitting end to a great film used by a great photographer like you Steve. Thanks.
January 3, 2011 at 09:17
Happy new Year!!!
and thank you for your photos, specially Mr. Guller portrait, one of my favorite photographer.
January 3, 2011 at 08:13
Such a great tribute to Kodachrome. Really heartfelt images.
January 3, 2011 at 08:06
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January 3, 2011 at 06:51
[…] Vor vier Tagen stellte Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas seine Arbeit ein. Dwayne’s Photo war “the last Kodak certified Kodachrome processing facility in the world“. Bereits 2009 stellte Kodak die Produktion des Kodachrome-Films ein. Die allerletzte Filmrolle bekam – so erzählt man – der Fotograf Steve McCurry… die letzten Kodachrome Aufnahmen zeigt er auf seinem Blog. […]
January 3, 2011 at 02:51
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January 3, 2011 at 00:10
Steve:
I spent nearly a decade managing the image library for Galen Rowell. I can’t begin to express what a treat it was to see and care for all of his original kodachrome slides for some of his most famous images. We even had one workshop student I remember who practically frothed at the mouth in worship over the actual transparencies. *Pointing to a slide:* “But it was THIS that the light from the scene was captured on.”
So many glorious images… I’m delighted to know that it was your privilege to bring this era to a close, and what a fitting final frame it is.
Cheers!
January 2, 2011 at 23:27
what a wonderful gift you gave the world, steve! thanks so much for sharing this. have a blessed year 2011
January 2, 2011 at 23:24
Absolutely beautiful photos. It’s a sad story. Best wishes to you for the future.
January 2, 2011 at 22:46
Steve, you have always been one of my heroes! I have 30 rolls of un-opened Kodachrome in my freezer along with about 100 rolls of HEI-35….
Life has changed, Ansel would be dissapointed……JT
January 2, 2011 at 21:19
I worked for local photo shop (which bit the dust 2 years ago) and I was always stunned when someone brought in a Kodachrome slide for scanning from the early 50s or even 1940s and they looked like they were shot last week. Sic transit gloria Kodachrome.
January 2, 2011 at 19:35
Steve – What an amazing experience to be able to do this and be that intimately involved with Kodachrome. Your pictures are icons of the photo world. I think you did a beautiful tribute.
I shot my last three rolls of Kodachrome just this month and just got my film the other day from Dwaynes’ Photo. I bet Kodachrome in 4″x5″ would sell like crazy to niche shooters if it were still made. There is something about looking at those old large format transparencies that is an experience like nothing being shot today.
Best,
Forrest MacCormack
January 2, 2011 at 18:11
[…] Go to his blog to see more of the final roll. […]
January 2, 2011 at 16:52
FELICIDADES POR SU TRABAJO. ERES UNGENIO DE LA BELLEZA NATURAL DE LA FOTOGRAFIA.SALUDES
January 2, 2011 at 16:13
I agree with Steve’s fondness for the Kodachrome. No other film or sorftware could ever possibly teach more about decisive moments, composure, correct exposure and the patience of getting the right shot and believing in your work, like this film. Digital has leveled the playing field to mediocracy. If you never shot a slide film, you dont know jack.
January 2, 2011 at 16:09
happy new year mr. steve..i like ur photography skills very much…i want to become a good photographer too
January 2, 2011 at 16:05
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January 2, 2011 at 14:32
Happy New Year Steve. Thank you for sharing these special images.
Best regards,
Arman
Abu Dhabi
January 2, 2011 at 13:09
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January 2, 2011 at 10:49
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January 2, 2011 at 09:01
As film user I feel sad looking at decreasing numbers of available films today. Hope Kodak still making these for a long period to enjoy next generations.
Happy new year everyone!
best regards from Romania,
January 2, 2011 at 08:46
Dear Steve,
Back in the days of yesteryears Kodachrome was photographers dream. I used it (25 asa) to catch the sunlight of a bright summer day and loved it for that. I cursed it when winter came along and I head to settle for 200 asa films……grain like boxing gloves…….no fun at all. I think it was a wise decision of Kodak to send the film to it’s grave……and you did an excellent job carriying it there……the man for the job……maybe Paul Simon should have come to the processing lab and he should have sung his song as the last roll appeared and the machines where turned off neven to awaken again.
But in all honnesty Steve, would you trade in the comfort of your D3 for the discomfort of an F5, the wait, the agony of knowing that you might or might not have made that all inspiring shot, the agony of waiting untill the film is develloped and you can see the final positives. Digital photography levelled the playing field for all photographers. In the nineteen eighties I could buy say 10 rolls of Kodachrome 25 and 10 rolls of Kodachrome 64 a year and print about 10 pictures on that strange European 30×40 format Cibachrome……and these where never quite what I wanted. Now my harddrive can hold thousands of pictures and a no running cost what soever. And my printer can turn them into great prints in an instant and with DxO I can shoot on any film I like.
So I suggest bid Kodachrome a fond farewell but lets not remmenis but look on onto a digital future of great photography.
Greatings, Ed
January 2, 2011 at 07:28
Deberda gue estan asiendo tremendo trabajo al conpartir esas fotos tan lindas.tan bien megusta retratal pero aun nibel mas basico
January 2, 2011 at 18:46
¡Arturo, por Dios, aprende un poco de ortografía, que tu comentario daña la vista!!!
January 3, 2011 at 16:38
DIOS SANTO TANTOS HORRORES EN UNA SOLA FRASE!!!!
January 2, 2011 at 07:04
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January 2, 2011 at 03:39
I shot KR25 and 64 for close to 30 years. 25 and 64 ISO,OMG how did we ever manage to get the film to record an image at all at those rediculously low sensativities ;-)
I have been a long time admirer of your work and it goes without saying that it was so appropriate for Kodak to give you the honor of receiving the last roll.
You have done the last rites so well !
Thanks for the memories
David
January 3, 2011 at 01:59
In the early 60.s I went from movie to still and Kodachrome was 10 then 12. if memory serves me well?
January 2, 2011 at 02:51
What a great send off!
January 2, 2011 at 00:27
[…] Il 31 Dicembre del 2010 è stato il giorno in cui “Dwayne’s Photo”, Parsons, Kansas, l’ultimo laboratorio sulla Terra a processare il Kodachrome, ha lavorato l’ultimo set di foto contrassegnato da questo leggendario marchio. Quando Kodak ha interrotto la produzione di questa pellicola, ha inviato a Steve McCurry l’ultimo rullino. Finito di utilizzare tutte le pose, McCurry ha consegnato a mano la pellicola alla “Dwayne’s Photo”. Dentro c’era questo. […]
January 1, 2011 at 23:41
I shot countless bricks of Kodachrome starting in the 70s. It was the only film that could render what I was envisioning. Thanks for shooting and sharing this last roll, Steve.
January 1, 2011 at 23:17
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January 1, 2011 at 23:16
Stunning photographs, on film and of an era, both of which we will sorely miss. Thanks Steve.
January 1, 2011 at 22:24
Here is poem my wife and wrote… there is also an audio version I really like:
Good Night Kodakchrome
http://figitalrevolution.com/2010/12/30/goodnight-kodachrome-1935-2010-2/
Cheers- Stephen Schaub
http://www.figitalrevolution.com
January 1, 2011 at 21:16
Dear steve. iam an iranian photographer . a member of FIAP.I take my photo with my F4 &
January 1, 2011 at 20:19
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January 1, 2011 at 17:51
[…] Hier, le 30 décembre 2010, le dernier labo photo a arrêté de traiter les pellicules Kodachrome — Il y a un an de ça, Kodak offrait le dernier rouleau fabriqué au photographe Steve McCurry, qui lui dit adieu sur son blog : The End of an Era – 1935 to 2010 […]
January 1, 2011 at 13:59
Wow end of an era. It will be missed.
January 1, 2011 at 12:41
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January 1, 2011 at 11:37
Apparently it’s progress now that the world has gone digital, but you can’t put a price on images like yours.
January 1, 2011 at 10:09
greatplacetotour.blogspot.com is good
January 1, 2011 at 09:05
[…] “Today is the day that Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome, stops developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film last year, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames.” […]
January 1, 2011 at 08:12
wow amazing picture, and great skill of photography, i wonder kind of camera you use, can you tell me?
January 1, 2011 at 06:21
Film gives gives out a certain look and feel…I guess these are the last ones we’ll ever see. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers!
January 1, 2011 at 03:43
Thank you for the images and the memories. Kodachrome was my dad’s choice, and all my childhood and my sisters’ was permanently captured in its more-than-natural hues. I used it a lot when I did colour, and there was nothing quite like it. Its disappearance surely is a sign of these bleak, grayish times.
January 1, 2011 at 03:32
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December 31, 2010 at 22:43
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December 31, 2010 at 21:58
That’s so sad. I used to shoot a lot of Super 8, and it was lovely
December 31, 2010 at 21:02
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December 31, 2010 at 20:45
Fitting final image for the end of an era. But your other work is stunning, as well.
December 31, 2010 at 20:33
[…] From Mashable: The film was used to take some world-famous photographs, including Steve McCurry’s National Geographic 1985 cover image of a young Afghan girl. Incidentally, Kodak gave McCurry the last roll of Kodachrome last year. The photographer, who hand-delivered the final roll to Parsons after he finished shooting, has posted some of the last 36 frames on his blog. […]
December 31, 2010 at 20:19
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December 31, 2010 at 19:10
sublime…what a beautiful eye you have…will show to my son, 19, and budding photog…he can’t quite comprehend the beauty of film being of this digital age…bit by bit he’s learning….hope you post the rest of your finale…so many changes in or life time…crazy…thank you for your art and your window into the world.
December 31, 2010 at 18:39
Gorgeous pictures. You should consider sharing them at Xaxii.
December 31, 2010 at 18:19
[…] He made good use of the roll, though. […]
December 31, 2010 at 17:42
My last 3 exposed rolls were processed yesterday. Several remaining rolls will be sel-processed as b&w for my Kodachome Post-mortem project.
Thanks for sharing these images.
December 31, 2010 at 17:38
[…] My new year’s wish for those I love is clarity of vision, openness of heart and strength of conviction. and love. Rabari Magician Today is the day that Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome, stops developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film last year, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames. … Read More […]
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December 31, 2010 at 17:05
I never had the pleasure of shooting with Kodachrome, but I will miss seeing such nice images like these ones. Thanks for sharing, I’m a great admirer of your work!
December 31, 2010 at 15:37
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December 31, 2010 at 15:10
Thanks!
December 31, 2010 at 14:56
Great images, Kodachrome will be part of photography history.
Happy new year for every one.
December 31, 2010 at 14:56
love these! amazing :)
I love photography would love to get into that business one day!
thanks so much for sharing this
it has really made me think
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December 31, 2010 at 14:09
[…] The film has been used to some world-famous photographs, including Steve McCurry’s National Geographic cover in 1985 of a young Afghan girl. By the way, was the last role McCurry Kodak Kodachrome last year. The photographer, who delivered by hand the last role to Parsons after he is finished shooting, has posted some of the last 36 frames in his blog. […]
December 31, 2010 at 13:41
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December 31, 2010 at 13:28
Hello Steve
As a 17 year old boy, I’ve not yet even scratched the surface of your work. I got myself into the world of photography thanks to my grandfather, who gave me a Canon ftb which had belonged to him and my father. That was just the begining.
When I heard your work was going to be presented in a museum of my twown, i went to see it the first day.
My mind got blown away. And since then I’ve been wondering how did you get such rich colors. It`s sad for me to just realize how, when it’s impossible for me or anybody.
Kodachrome, the best film I never had
December 31, 2010 at 13:15
Happy New Year’s.
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December 31, 2010 at 12:37
I will certainly miss it.
I knew about it when it was discontinued and decided to get a few rolls just for shooting it. At last, I had the pleasure to learn on this film, as it’s the first slide film I shot.
“They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day…”
But, today, it’s a dull overcast day in my location.
December 31, 2010 at 12:35
My farewell to Kodachrome was shooting four rolls Wednesday. Two rolls of my one-day old first grandson at Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City. one of an Oklahoma winter sunset, and one chasing my cats around the house. I overnighted it to Parsons, it arrived 9:02AM making the deadline.
I hope the grandson takes up the family photography tradition. I rather like the thought that he’ll have slides of himself the day after he arrived on earth shot with Kodachrome one day before it left us.
December 31, 2010 at 12:24
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December 31, 2010 at 12:22
Niro get old,Kodachrome disappears and Paul simon didn’t have time to pose!
Great pictures Steven!
December 31, 2010 at 12:17
Truly an incredible art form. I will forever treasure the Kodachrome of my Dad. He taught me at the age of seven how to shoot. I can remember patiently waiting the week it took to get the slides back. I am the keeper of all of our Chormatic memories. I treasure them daily.
Digital will never have what Kodak gave us so long ago.
Your images are, as always, impeccible Mr. McCurry. Thank you for letting us see a bit of what is now history. I’m truly saddened.
December 31, 2010 at 11:55
I shot several rolls of K25 on a bright Alaskan day in 1981 and those slides remain the most beautiful I’ve taken to date. Nothing digital can compare.
December 31, 2010 at 11:51
[…] Steve McCurry, un des plus talentueux d’entre eux et adepte du Kodachrome, publie un hommage sur son blog et s’était d’ailleurs vu remettre le dernier film fabriqué par Kodak en 2009. Ceux […]
December 31, 2010 at 11:23
Some great shots in there.
December 31, 2010 at 09:18
Great photographs from a great master, but I feel a photograph is missing: I feel there should’ve been a self portrait among the group ;-)
RIP KC, for decades you were a wonderful, enchanting and simply gorgeous companion to countless photo-aficionados. My own slides will be a source of good memories for the rest of my life … and I hope beyond that to those who’ll inherit them.
December 31, 2010 at 08:26
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December 31, 2010 at 07:56
lovely images…
well seen, well captured, and well done!
I enjoy your blog. Keep it coming.
May the good light be with you!
December 31, 2010 at 07:16
Thank you for sharing these historic Kodachrome moments. I guess all things must pass, but some are more mourned than others.
December 31, 2010 at 06:46
Kodachrome did its job wonderfully, but I never jumped on its bandwagon. Far too slow for my uses. After an untold number of rolls of Tri-X, HS Ektachrome, and HS Colour negative films I now am totally digital, and don’t miss all that darkroom work at all. I find it very freeing to be able to dial my “film speed” without having to change rolls (or camera bodies) to suit lighting conditions. Many times I have shot with high speed films when a lower-speed, finer-grained film would have done better just because the camera was always loaded to be ready for “available darkness” shots that would have been impossible with an ASA 25 film. Thjat’s the kind of photography I learned first and it stuck with me. Other approaches are equally valid, of course.
Your work is wonderful and I hope you find a photographic medium that suits you.
December 31, 2010 at 06:27
having sold out to digital (mostly) 4 years ago, I feel I have no right to say it but, it is a sad day.
December 31, 2010 at 06:19
Love to see how you arrange the picture with the theme you wrote here!
Thanks for sharing Steve
December 31, 2010 at 06:07
A sad day, although maybe better for our increasingly fragile environment. (Making and Developing Kodachrome was not without its price to our environment). Kodachrome 25 was truly my favorite film. Think of all the memories that have been captured over its 75 years in existence. Hope that many images shot on Kodachrome have been properly archived. Thank you for your many years of wonderful Kodachrome photographs.
December 31, 2010 at 05:43
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December 31, 2010 at 05:36
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December 31, 2010 at 05:28
Thank you so much for posting your pictures of the last Kodachrome in the world. I cry every time I look at these photos ’cause this is the last that I will ever see such beautiful pictures on film. Thank you so much, I really mean it.
December 31, 2010 at 05:05
My sentiments exactly…Kr 25 –slow as it was –infinitely
RICHER in detail and possibilities than Kr 64 . Not to
downgrade Kr64 which was a GREAT film. Too bad the
processing was so involved -expensive [to do ] and so
slow. Perhaps someone with a love of the technology
will endeavour to do the commercial LAB -thing–much
as Polaroid [Belgium ?] has arrisen from the ashes–as a
Phoenix – Here’s hoping………………
December 31, 2010 at 04:38
There are several shoe boxes full of Kodachrome images in our basement. They are how I remember my childhood. As a photographer and art major I am sad that this day came, and even sadder that in my relatively short lifetime I was only able to use the film a handful of times.
Thank you for sharing Steve. Truly.
December 31, 2010 at 04:26
Thanks for the nostalgic post – Steve. I miss shooting film … my favorite choices were Agfacolor (ASA 100), Fuji Professional Portrait film (ASA 160) and of course – Kodachrome 25 and 64. Digital images give us immediate turnaround – but film always yields those magically vibrant epic looks that take enormous time to recreate in post. Now what to do with all of those film cameras?
December 31, 2010 at 04:26
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December 31, 2010 at 04:18
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December 31, 2010 at 04:14
[…] The film was used to take some world-famous photographs, including Steve McCurry’s National Geographic 1985 cover image of a young Afghan girl. Incidentally, Kodak gave McCurry the last roll of Kodachrome last year. The photographer, who hand-delivered the final roll to Parsons after he finished shooting, has posted some of the last 36 frames on his blog. […]
December 31, 2010 at 03:20
Thank you Steve, for sharing your images with the world. I shot my first roll of Kodachrome when I was just 12, now, 44 years later seeing this film disappear from the scene is like losing an old friend. Client photos, images for myself, shot on film…digital is great, and not wanting to go the way of the dinosaurs, of course, I made the swith. But, there is something magical about film that digital will never replace. Kodachrome, gone but never forgotten!
December 31, 2010 at 03:13
hi steve – what a treat – can’t wait to see the other 33 shots!
Happy New Year!
xoxo
Marcy
December 31, 2010 at 02:47
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December 31, 2010 at 02:43
In each of these photographs, as in every other one as well, there is a gift from the film that photographers have counted on and hoped for these last 150 years or so. Thank you for the magic.
Please continue to buy and shoot film, and keep the magic alive.
December 31, 2010 at 02:41
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December 31, 2010 at 02:30
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December 31, 2010 at 01:59
Nostalgia, and a passage of time. Not all chang is good, however, we must move on
December 31, 2010 at 01:34
The emulsion looks wonderful as it always has done. I shot my first ever serious photos on Kodachrome 25 which remains my favorite stock of all time. What a shame it all had to end.
December 31, 2010 at 00:32
[…] Today is the day that Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome, stops developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film last year, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames. […]
December 31, 2010 at 00:31
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December 31, 2010 at 00:20
Steve, you are undoubtedly one of the finest Kodachrome photographers and rightfully deserved the “last roll” honour.
Nice shots (as always)
December 31, 2010 at 00:11
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December 31, 2010 at 00:04
[…] Despite its use in many iconic photographs, including Steve McCurry’s National Geographic 1985 cover image, many photographers have traded in for newer films or digital cameras. According to Mashable, Kodak actually gave McCurry the last roll of Kodachrome film last year, and he has since posted the pictures he took to his blog. […]
December 31, 2010 at 00:04
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December 30, 2010 at 23:49
I would have been taken one photograph of yours too … :)
December 30, 2010 at 23:35
Thank you for sharing these, Steve. Something I find amazing is how the film turns back the clock. These photos could have been shot two decades ago, just based on the look of them. They are timeless, just like the film.
December 30, 2010 at 23:14
Rarely use film anymore. Still nice to have a choice.
December 30, 2010 at 22:19
Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome” cut & paste this YouTube link:
Just sit back and cry for the Good Ole Days… RIP KR64
December 30, 2010 at 22:03
Delightful shadows and contrasts, thank you for sharing these with us.
Au Revoir Kodachrome.
December 30, 2010 at 22:02
My apologies, I forgot to include the link to the site of my saying goodby to Kodachrome in my previous post. Here is that link:
http://www.riffspics.com/2010/12/color-of-winter_27.html
Sorry & thanks for allowing this follow-up…
Glenn
December 30, 2010 at 21:59
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December 30, 2010 at 21:59
Delightful shadows and contrasts, thank you for sharing these with us.
Au Revoir Kodachrome…
December 30, 2010 at 21:32
RIP KM. Like first commenter I changed to RVP long time ago and last year on the one occasion I needed one found it hard enough to locate a lab in the UK that would run plain E6. (Bayeux in London filled the gap superbly). But I’m commenting here to lament the lack of choice.
December 30, 2010 at 21:00
Been following you for quite awhile now and I love your photographs. Kodachrome was what I used most, when I wanted slides and not film, back during my film days. When I switched to digital I wanted to go back but never did.
In honor of Kodachrome this was a post I did on Riff’s Photography Journal as a way of saying goodby to Kodachrome. Yeah, and I have a take off on the song “Kodachrome” as well. Only this time Mommy takes it away… :-)
Love your work Steve, keep it up, and these last of an era are great…
Thanks.
Glenn
December 30, 2010 at 20:57
Wow, end of an era! Thanks for sharing…..have a wonderful 2011 :)
December 30, 2010 at 20:47
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December 30, 2010 at 20:37
[…] follow up to the Kodachrome story I posted earlier. Here’s a selection of some of the final shots ever taken on the iconic film. The Artist says: Today is the day that Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the […]
December 30, 2010 at 20:30
The last photo is very fitting. The red & yellow flowers have that iconic, iridescent Kodachrome glow even on this old and dodgy computer monitor.
Thanks Steve, Vale Kodachrome
December 30, 2010 at 20:26
You have been my favorite travel photographer since I saw the NatGeo cover w/ the Afghan Girl as a youngin’. I have that issue and the anniversary issue of it, framed. I saw you speak in February. I can think of no one more appropriate to photograph the last roll of Kodachrome film. I’m glad it was you, and love the images you captured. Still sad to see this era end. But happy you saw it out in style, if it had to go away.
December 30, 2010 at 20:24
Steve – just great photos as usual but still just great ! sad indeed, and they say that is progress ? We got to use and see it so that was nice.
Happy New Year, keep up the beautiful work (and the blog)
Mack Ray
December 30, 2010 at 20:03
Thanks Steve; great work!
December 30, 2010 at 19:23
It’s a sad day. I also used Kodachrome as when i photograph China in 1979. Later on I changed to Fuji Velvia 50 ISO, a great film also.
A sad day was also when Sygma, Gamma and Sipa closed. And Cover in Spain. Fortunately we still have Magnum.
But that’s the way it goes.
December 30, 2010 at 19:18
I shot Kodachrome (as an amateur/ hobbyist, of course), and used Dwayne’s Photo Lab services many times. I’m 34 and got interested in photography about 8 years ago, at a time when film photography was already experiencing its painful demise. I held out against digital technology until a few months ago since I was never convinced (and still don’t believe) that it could stand up to the drama of transparency films like Kodachrome or Velvia 50.
I recently made the switch to digital, and while I enjoy it, I agree that it’s just not the same as holding a slide of Velvia or Kodachrome in your hand and watching the colors pop as you scan it with a loupe on a light box.
Thank you for your spellbinding work for NG and other organizations. It is truly inspiring, and something that people like me can only dream to aspire. We will miss Kodachrome dearly.
Cheers,
Sanjeev from Utah
December 30, 2010 at 18:47
[…] Eu acrescentaria que, inexoravelmente, um ano novo só pode nascer quando outro acaba… Esta é a vida! Rabari Magician Today is the day that Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last lab on the planet to process Kodachrome, stops developing the iconic film forever. When Kodak stopped producing the film last year, they gave me the last roll. When I finished shooting the final frames, I hand-delivered it to Parsons. Here are a few of those last 36 frames. … Read More […]
December 30, 2010 at 18:12
As an admirer of your work (and Kodachrome!), but late finding your blog… it would be very helpful if you’d include better navigation. A dated section would be fantastic, and make it easier to follow/bookmark/share your posts.
Thanks!
December 30, 2010 at 17:52
Thanks Steve for these wonderful shots. What now? All best to you for the New Year. Peace, love and blessings, Rita
December 30, 2010 at 17:41
End of an era,but it’s legacy will continue…
December 30, 2010 at 17:29
All this is really really sad. Very good jobs Steve, as always!
December 30, 2010 at 17:21
what an honor to find these photos and words in my email this morning. thank you for sharing with the public such beautiful photos and the passing of an era with kodachrome – momma don’t take my kodachrome away….
December 30, 2010 at 17:20
9 of 36…more! please.
December 30, 2010 at 17:16
It will be missed. Maybe its in my head but it seems I can tell the difference between film and digital. Im still going to be using film and analog photography for personal projects. Still prefer it over digital.
December 30, 2010 at 17:08
Steve :) You are gr8….
December 30, 2010 at 17:06
Your photos are brilliant. What film will you use now?
Can you find any way to shoot digital that looks close to Kodachrome?
Do you ever shoot digital?
Thanks