film processing founded 1956 1956 headquarters parsons kansas united states area served worldwide key people dwayne steinle founder number of employees 60 2010 1 slogan a trusted name is photo processing for over 50 years . website dwayne s photo coordinates 37 20 12.69 n 95 17 10.36 w 37.3368583 n 95.2862111 w 37.3368583 ; 95.2862111 dwayne s photo is a film processing facility in parsons kansas founded in 1956 . it was the last kodak certified kodachrome processing facility in the world which stopped accepting rolls of kodachrome on december 30 2010 and processed what they d received until they ran out of developing chemicals the following month . 2 3 4 the company continues to process film slides and certain movie films and offers photo services . history edit the company was founded in 1956 by dwayne steinle as a small film processing facility but it quickly expanded to become one of the leading photo processors in the united states . when the use of 8 mm film and its successor super 8 declined rapidly in the 80s most facilities closed down . dwayne s and some other labs offers processing for a variety of film types like 126 film that are no longer manufactured . 1 between 2000 and 2010 the business was affected by the decline in income because of widespread migration to digital photography and by 2010 it had reduced its staffing levels from 200 to about 60 . by that date digital sales accounted for half the company s revenue . 5 kodachrome edit dwayne s photo announced that it would continue processing kodachrome film which was no longer manufactured by kodak until the end of december 2010 . on july 14 2010 dwayne s announced 6 that the final roll of kodachrome manufactured by kodak was developed for steve mccurry . the 36 slides will be housed at george eastman house in rochester ny . the last roll of kodachrome film to be developed was exposed by owner dwayne steinle with the last exposed frame being a group shot of the dwayne s photo employees . 5 the last days of kodachrome color processing by dwayne s photo are commemorated in the book kodachrome end of the run photographs from the final batches edited by photographers bill barrett and susan hacker stang with introductory essays by famed time magazine worldwide pictures editor arnold drapkin and dwayne s photo vice president grant steinle . the book presents a year of pictures shot by webster university photography students on more than 100 rolls of by then rare kodachrome film and processed by dwayne s on the very last day january 18 2011 before processing chemicals were used up forever . 7 references edit a b our history . dwayne s photo . retrieved 1 march 2010 . kodak retires kodachrome film ; celebrates life of oldest film icon in its portfolio . kodak . june 22 2009 . archived from the original on october 16 2009 . retrieved 1 march 2010 . dwayne s photo parsons kansas the last lab to process kodachrome . wichita eagle . archived from the original on july 26 2010 . retrieved 1 march 2010 . end of an era kodak to discontinue kodachrome 64 . photo.net . retrieved 1 march 2010 . a b sulzberger a. g. 29 december 2010 . for kodachrome fans road ends at photo lab in kansas . the new york times . last kodachrome roll processed in parsons . the wichita eagle . 2010 07 14 . retrieved 2010 07 22 . see susan stang s detailed description of the kodachrome collaboration between dwayne s photo and webster university in bill barrett and susan hacker stang editors kodachrome end of the run photographs from the final batches st. louis webster university press 2011 pages 2 10 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dwayne % 27s photo & oldid 739137191 categories companies established in 1956companies based in kansasbuildings and structures in labette county kansas1956 establishments in kansasphotography companies of the united stateshidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 00 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view