It was the original. A saturated, low grain, super sharp, transparency film that changed the way photographers created. Kodak’s Kodachrome slide film put beautiful images on the covers of magazines like National Geographic, Audubon, and National Wildlife. It was the film that started the fine grain revolution that continued with films like Fujichrome Velvia. Kodachrome was a staple of many of the photographers, including Art, during the films days. Now when technology is getting the better of the past Kodak has discontinued Kodachrome. Photographer Steve McCurry has exposed the last roll of 36 exposures for a National Geographic story. In time, we all will get to see those final images. Here are a couple of Art’s images taken before he started shooting digital using Kodachrome from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Saxton Gallery in Canton, Ohio will be hosting an exhibit of images from our Travels to the Edge television series beginning on July 2nd and Art will be speaking to open the event. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.ArtWolfe.Eventbrite.com. The gallery has also dedicated a page to the event on their site at www.JosephSaxton.com/ArtWolfe.
