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Infected by E-6 color sensibilities

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 L.T. HanlonLeave a comment

Friday, May 24, 2019. Chicago, USA. Smith-Corona Silent-Super Elite 1954. Ektachrome and espionage. I’ve always wondered why back in the early to mid—1970s I made the switch from Kodachrome to Ektachrome. This affected my 35mm slides shot with my Pentax Spotmatic as well as 3—D images created with my Wirgin (Edixa) stereo camera. Switching was a big mistake, of course, since Kodachrome offered not only a truer representation of reality but also a much more archival medium. National Geographic photographers favored Kodachrome, switching only to Ektachrome when a faster emulsion was necessary. But why specifically did I switch? While watching Three Days of the Condor tonight, the reason finally hit me: movies. With a few exceptions like 1973’s Westworld, nearly every movie I saw in the ’70s looked blue. That's what infected me. It wasn’t until the early 1980s that I realized the error of my ways and returned to Kodachrome. As for the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, it holds up exceptionally well and is clearly the spiritual mentor of many recent movies, including the Jason Bourne franchise. It also serves as a wonderful glimpse into world of 1975. Flared jeans, the Bell System, newfangled things like eyewitness news, big—ass land yachts, and even the 2—year—o1d Twin Towers all co—star in this Manhattan spy drama.

 

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