It's sad to see what has become of this building, but it certainly makes for interesting photography. Seeing the peeling paint and graffiti with nature showing through the windows is quite a contrast, but again, very striking in the photo. Enjoyed your post.
Those are really haunting, like something from Chernobyl. It's an interesting larger question I think, of what happens to the people who used to work with a now-outmoded technology.
17 June 2009 at 15:17
I could do it with my eyes closed: reach into my vest pocket, grab a film canister, and pop the top. The back of the camera would make a low snap sound as it opened. I would slide in a roll and close the back. Over the years I’ve done it thousands of times. But I still remember the first time I shot Kodachrome 64. I used the paper mailer that came with the film that had processing included in the price. It took more than a week to get the finished slides back in the little town I lived in. The film was processed at the Kodak Plant at 3500 Eglinton Ave.[Image] Black Bear on Kodachrome 64 - Click to view larger image
A few years later I started to shoot Kodachrome 25. Nothing could touch it at that time. The colour and sharpness were stunning. If you could get a good shot on K25, you really had something.[Image]
Ships in Toronto Harbour on Kodachrome 25"
When Fuji Velvia came around, Kodochrome no longer ruled the transparency world, although my images shot on K25 and K64 continue to sell to this day.
"Kodak"
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It's sad to see what has become of this building, but it certainly makes for interesting photography. Seeing the peeling paint and graffiti with nature showing through the windows is quite a contrast, but again, very striking in the photo. Enjoyed your post.
16 June 2009 at 13:01
Those are really haunting, like something from Chernobyl. It's an interesting larger question I think, of what happens to the people who used to work with a now-outmoded technology.
17 June 2009 at 15:17