2009 Eastman Kodak announced the end of Kodachrome production. Between January and November 2010,
I photographed 36 drum sets, using an old roll of Kodachrome film with 36 exposures (expiration date: December 1972). The image formation is always the same: Upright format with the drums taking up the full width of the image. A handheld flash is aimed directly at the bass drum. There are no people in the image.

I used two identical cameras: One contained the Kodachrome; the other was loaded with Kodak Ektachrome reversal film for a backup shot. I took one single shot of each drum set. I saw a lot of shows last year! I found a lab in North Dakota that was able to process the old Kodachrome as black and white negatives. Because an exhibition of this work was scheduled to open before the lab returned my negatives, I decided to show a small selection from the back-up color film and printed posters for the exhibition. They sold out within 90 minutes! Stay tuned for a book release of the original Kodachrome images planned for 2011/12.