Lee Wochner: Writer. Director. Writing instructor. Thinker about things.


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Mama, they took my Kodachrome away

Someone just shot the very last roll of Kodachrome film. What’s on it?  The Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Terminal, a nomadic tribe in India, a taxicab, Robert De Niro, and other subjects. What is not on the last roll of Kodachrome? Paul Simon.

Like you, I haven’t shot any Kodachrome film in ages. I haven’t shot any film in ages.  What was the last time I took a non-digital photo? Um… seven years ago? Something else that happened seven years ago:  Polaroid declared bankruptcy, rendering my 700 shares of stock worthless. Those of us who grew up watching the “Planet of the Apes” movies always expected things to end, just not this way, and not to us.

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