Ah! The Kodak moment fades into oblivion.
Remember the sepia tinted photos of your grandparents, the college group photos and those stubby wedding alums with childhood portraits. A “picture is worth a thousand words” they say. Since 1879 Kodak photography brought us images of war, Olympics, our childhood, family, school / college days and important functions. From Brownie cameras to motion pictures Kodak captured our moments of agony and ecstasy on celluloid and print, priceless.
It is a strange quirk of fate where technology kills technology like a digital catharsis that captured the essence of the photograph as Kodak bites the dust, afflicted by the viral internet virus. It’s a pity that the Company which invented the moving pictures did not themselves perceive the big picture; and succumbed to an optical neural disorder which befell many Corporations in the past.
In a world which was moving on to digital holography Kodak developed visual agnosia (the inability to recognize the senses/ writing on
Friday, February 17, 2012
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