The House That George Built: The Eastman Kodak Empire
The image below is postcard perfect. It has to be, it’s for sale. The pictures were taken by my friend, Joanna Biondolilo, of Charleston SC. She is a wonderful, creative, passionate professional photographer (perfectionist.)
Joanna & I were able to spend some time together in July for the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk - Charleston. It was a time to catch up, chat, gossip and take pictures of the city we both love.
Today, I popped over to Joanna’s website to check out her new images. It would mean a lot to me if you did the same, perhpas even leave a comment.
Joanna is a brilliant writer and I think her blog is grossly under-appreciated. I clipped part of her story about George Eastman. It’s a thought provoking work.
Please read “The House That George Built” - Conclusion: “That is what has happened to The House That George Built! Mr. Eastman, visionary, artist, philanthropist, would roll over in his grave if he had one”.
The House That George Built
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posted 2009 Aug by Joanna Biondolillo
A high school drop out at the age of 14, George Eastman built an empire. What he took a lifetime to build; others have taken a much shorter time to destroy.
Forced to find a way to support his family after the death of his father, George Eastman began his career as a messenger boy, an office boy and later a junior clerk at the Rochester Savings Bank. He studied accounting. But it was photography that captured Eastman’s interest and he began experimenting with emulsions and formulas for making dry plates. He also sought a way to make many plates in a short amount of time. Eastman wanted to come up with a simpler process for photographic documentation. These experiments were the beginning of the creation of what was once the great Eastman Kodak Company.
The Eastman House holds one of the world’s largest collections of photographic equipment.
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