Last Updated on 05/05/2013 by Chris Gampat
Film is one of those things that many of us embrace as part of photography culture. And with the continued growth of digital, we can tend to forget our roots. Sadly, one of those may die soon–but the Fotokemika project is trying to ensure that a factory that produced silver-rich black and white films will stay alive–as a museum! The company was privatized in the 90s and survived very well until 2012 when they stopped production of film. They were the producer of Efke film–while not the name that Kodak and Ilford had it was still well loved.
Two women are currently heading the project that sounds almost synonymous to what the Impossible Project did, and they have a list of goals including saving the equipment and the archive. They also want to prove that it is worth it for businesses to invest in the company–which will be quite a feat.
Via Believe in Film