I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph, so Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away.' Well, in the end, Paul Simon's Mama had no say in the matter. It's gone. You could see this moment coming for years. Still, it was a shock. Recently, Nikon announced that it would stop making most of its 35mm film cameras in order to concentrate on digital models. Konica Minolta quickly followed with an announcement that it was withdrawing from the camera and colour film business. Meanwhile, Kodak has sharply cut back production of Kodachrome. We are witnessing the end of a technological subculture that has flourished since the 1930s, and has simultaneously supported and shaped the visual discourse within which architects form, fix and exchange their ideas.
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