The latest issue of Kodak's ProPass Magazine is fresh off the internet presses! Whether you're a pro, hobbyist or mom with a point and shoot, this issue is full of inspirational people and photographs from which everyone can learn something.


This issue's first Photographer Spotlight, Jonathan Torgovnik, discusses in  Stories of Sorrow, Stories of Hope how a work assignment in East Africa turned into a three year personal project (and eventually a foundation) documenting Rwandan women's tragic stories of genocide, disease and rape. You can read more about Jonathan's project, favorite equipment and himself by clicking here. 


In the second Photographer Spotlight, you can learn how Elizabeth Etienne combined her personal American Pragmatism and French Romanticism style with a keen business sense to position herself not only as a high-demand film-noir wedding photographer, but also as a caring photography mentor. Read more about Elizabeth's evolution as a photographer, distinctive private style and why she generally prefers film over digital by clicking here.


Paul Mobley shares with ProPass how swearing off his camera for a month and hanging out in a coffee shop gave him a New Vision of a world he's always known, and how it also became the beginning to his personal project American Farmer. Learn how persistence brought Paul face to face with Irving Penn, why Paul thinks photography is like cooking and about the variety of tools he uses to create his work by clicking here.


Speaking of coming face to face with a person of respect, Bob McNeely, who was President Bill Clinton's former White House photographer, pulled together a phenomenal group of photographers to cover President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony for a special project.  A long-time fan of black and white film, Bob illuminates in Confessions of a White House Photographer what it's like to document the front lines of history here.


Lastly, Eddie Soloway, a self-confessed "bi-photographic" photographer, has successfully followed his own workflow prescription for years and shows no signs of turning back. Read why Eddie says you should always think "place" not "picture," how to stop the meaningless "snap snap snap" and why Eddie loves Kodak's new EKTAR 100 film by clicking here.

ProPass is Kodak Professional's  quarterly online photography magazine that highlights extraordinary photographers, their work, their projects, and the tools they use to create their everlasting images. 

PMA is over for another year. We had a great show with amazing products and positive feedback from all the visitors that stopped by the booth. Once the show is over, it is impressive how quickly a bustling full booth...

... is suddenly filled with boxes and shipping containers.

The team goes from showing off the latest and greatest...

to packing everything up for another day.

Here is a quick video that is a testament to the creativity and enthusiasm the Kodak team brings to the show year after year.

I listened to a cool podcast from Derrick Story at The Digital Story today. He brought a Kodak DC20, circa 1997, back to life! He calls it Found Treasure - Kodak DC20.

It got me to thinking - Is this a milestone? Is digital old enough to be considered retro now? The camera he focused on was from 1997, just over ten years ago. Hmmm, is that the threshold of "old" in a digital world?
I must confess I am a bit of a pack rat as well. My wife would corroborate this fact replacing the "a bit of a" modifier with something much stronger.

Here is a shot of my quick trip down Kodak Digital Memory Lane.


Dig the memory cards. Wow, 4MB on one card! We use these for poker chips around here now ;-)

The cameras shown are from the same era, first, a DC20, like Derrick's "found treasure." (Thanks Marianna O'Brien who loaned me hers for this picture. She was the original product line manager for it.) There is also a DC40, DC50, and DC120. They have a form factor of a large paperback book (a la War and Peace!). Last there is a DC265. I loved that camera! It was indestructible and took great pictures for its day. It covered up the entire face of the photographer. I wonder if we should have positioned it as the perfect covert operations camera because of that?

Do you have a stash of digital gadgets? If these are retro, our first digital camera is an antique!

p.s. Oh, one more thing, I also have a copy of Netscape 1.0 brand new in the box - classic!