PetaPixel

Man Has 1,580 Kodachrome Rolls Developed as Processing Ends

 

Man Has 1,580 Kodachrome Rolls Developed as Processing Ends 3662101496 040e623f09

Kodachrome film officially died at the end of last year when the last developer — Dwayne’s Photo Service — stopped accepting the film. Before that final nail in the coffin was pounded in, 53-year-old Jim DeNike drove from Arkansas to Dwayne’s in Kansas to have 1,580 rolls developed. The total cost for the 50,000 slides? $15,798. All of the photographs were of trains.

For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas (via PCMag)

Image credit: Kodachrome by John!!!

 
 
«
»
 
  • Marc

    Talk about procrastination, why would you wait until the last possible week to get that many rolls developed? And does anyone really need 50k+ photos of trains?

  • http://twitter.com/fallenposters Eric Spiegel

    He’s going to have one hell of a stock of train photos to sell to magazines/trade publications/textbook publishers/etc. I’d be interested to see his work.

  • http://www.shinyphoto.co.uk/ Tim

    The word “saddo” comes to mind!

  • http://www.facebook.com/pawelfilip Paweł Filip

    This is what I call passion for photography. It’s not about having or not having photos. It’s about making them.

  • John

    Marc,
    Yes they do need 50,000 slides of trains. At one point I had about 20k in my collection since whittled down to about 10k.

  • Pingback: Entusiasta ferroviário paga quase 16 mil dólares para revelar 1.580 rolos de filme Kodachrome antigo | Gizmodo Brasil

  • Pingback: Train Enthusiast Pays $US15,798 To Develop Dead Kodachrome Film | Gizmodo Australia

  • Travisimo

    This is kind of important in the argument of the cost of digital over analog photography.

    50,000 shots on a digital camera wouldn’t cost any more than 5.

  • Loler

    The word “nutter” come to mind…