Photographer Steve McCurry asked Kodak for the last roll of Kodachrome, and they gave it to him. This video documents McCurry’s six-week personal project of shooting that roll. McCurry said most of his best shots of his career were on Kodachrome and that Kodachrome “was really the best rendition of reality.” In this excellent video, McCurry shares about his approach to photography and makes decisions about what to shoot with those precious 36 frames.
Our upcoming February/March issue will have a review of McCurry’s new book, Steve McCurry: The Iconic Photograph.
I suspect that thousands of people still have Kodachrome in the freezer. The problem however is that it can no longer be processed; the chemicals are no longer manufactured.
Yes, that’s true. McCurry used the last roll produced by Kodak.