Dwayne's Photo
Encyclopedia
Dwayne's Photo is a film processing facility in Parsons, Kansas
founded in 1956. It was the last Kodak certified Kodachrome
processing facility in the world, until the line was shut down on December 30, 2010 due to lack of developing chemicals.
and its successor Super 8
both saw a rapid decline in the 80s, most facilities closed down, while Dwayne's Photo remained in service. They are one of the few labs still offering processing for a variety of film types that are no longer manufactured, such as 126 film
.
Dwayne's Photo announced that they would continue processing Kodachrome through the end of December 2010 and that their supply of Kodachrome film had run out. The end of professional processing will signal the end of the Kodachrome era. On July 14, 2010 it was announced that the last produced roll of Kodachrome was developed for Steve McCurry
. The 36 slides will make their way to their permanent home at the Eastman House
in Rochester, NY. The last roll of Kodachrome film to be developed was shot by owner Dwayne Steinle with the last exposed frame being a group shot of the Dwayne's Photo employees.
Parsons, Kansas
Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...
founded in 1956. It was the last Kodak certified Kodachrome
Kodachrome
Kodachrome is the trademarked brand name of a type of color reversal film that was manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1935 to 2009.-Background:...
processing facility in the world, until the line was shut down on December 30, 2010 due to lack of developing chemicals.
History
The company was founded in 1956 by Dwayne Steinle as a small film processing facility, but it quickly moved on to become one of the leading photo processors in the United States. After 8 mm film8 mm film
8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. It exists in two main versions: the original standard 8mm film, also known as regular 8 mm or Double 8 mm, and Super 8...
and its successor Super 8
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
both saw a rapid decline in the 80s, most facilities closed down, while Dwayne's Photo remained in service. They are one of the few labs still offering processing for a variety of film types that are no longer manufactured, such as 126 film
126 film
126 is the number given to a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1963, and is associated mainly with low-end point-and-shoot cameras, particularly Kodak's own Instamatic series of cameras....
.
Dwayne's Photo announced that they would continue processing Kodachrome through the end of December 2010 and that their supply of Kodachrome film had run out. The end of professional processing will signal the end of the Kodachrome era. On July 14, 2010 it was announced that the last produced roll of Kodachrome was developed for Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine.-Early life:...
. The 36 slides will make their way to their permanent home at the Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
in Rochester, NY. The last roll of Kodachrome film to be developed was shot by owner Dwayne Steinle with the last exposed frame being a group shot of the Dwayne's Photo employees.