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Kodak City

Eastman Kodak, the company which pioneered so much in photography from the 1880s through the 1960s, could have owned digital imaging; the very first electronic camera was born in one of Kodak's labs. Instead, they missed that boat, going into a tailspin that resulted in their eventual bankruptcy. Tied to that economic engine, the fortunes of Rochester, New York, the archetypal company town where Kodak had its headquarters, fell as 'Big Yellow' collapsed. Kodak City is a photo series from Catherine Leutenegger capturing the decline of a superpower of analogue film.

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Rochester (76)

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Allegheny Plateau (173)
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