Kodak City by Catherine Leutenegger

Photographer: Catherine Leutenegger
Authors: A. D. Coleman, Catherine Leutenegger, Joerg Bader, Urs Stahel
Concept: Chris Gautschi, Catherine Leutenegger
Design: Chris Gautschi
Image processing: Samuel Rouge

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.

Hardcover 20×24,5 cm / 160 pages / 89 color ills.
English/French ISBN 978–3–86828–462–1