If you have been reading my blog you will have seen my previous posts Good Bye Kodachrome announcing Kodak’s decision to stop producing the iconic Kodachrome film, and The Last Kodachrome Lab about Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons Kansas, the last Kodak authorized lab to process Kodachrome. Yesterday, December 30, 2010 Dwayne’s Photo processed the last roll of Kodachrome. 

Photographer Steve McCurry, whose work has appeared for decades in National Geographic and who made his career shooting Kodachrome, was chosen by Kodak to shoot the last roll of Kodachrome produced. Steve shot half of the roll in New York City, where his office is located, and the other half in India, where many of his most iconic photographs were made. Steve then hand delivered this last roll to Dwayne’s Photo. Check Steve’s blog here to see a nice selection of images from those last 36 frames. Look for a full story featuring these images in National Geographic next spring.


Finally, if you are a nostalgic t-shirt type, Dwayne’s photo is offering, for only $12.95, a commemorative Kodachrome 1935 – 2010 t-shirt.