As film giant Kodak files for bankruptcy protection, everyone from photographers to economists is looking back at the company that was, for so long, synonymous with American photography. The company has entered the US ‘Chapter 11’ process by which a court oversees its restructuring and protects it from its creditors as it attempts to reorganize into a profitable business. However it emerges from the process, Kodak will never again be the photographic titan it was during the film era.”
— www.dpreview.com
Ug tungod niani, duha ka kanta ang mitukar sa jukebox sa akong bagulbagul. Duha ka kanta nga mi-capture, ingnun tang punga, sa papel sa Kodak ug sa photography sa atong kinabuhi, ma film man o ma digital. Kini mao ang “Mr. Kodaker” ni Max Surban ug ang “Kodachrome” ni Paul Simon.
(“Mr. Kodaker” —Max Surban)
Gibiyaan ko na lang ang akong pagka mananangut
Gibaligya ko ang sugong, kawit ug ang akong sanggut
Nipuyo akos syudad, Kapobre nuon misamot
Busa misulod na lang ako pagka maniniyut
Nangudak akog patay sa silingan nga balay
Ang pamilya nang hilak hasta ang nanag bilar
Nisinggit ako og smile unya gi-flash ko ang kodak
Ni-esmile silang tanan bisan og nagahilak
CHORUS:
Maniniyut, maniniyut, trabaho ko maniniyut
Kodaker, kodaker, ako si Mr. Kodaker
May laing nagpapiktyur, duha ka managtrato
Gipa-posing ko sila nga dikit gyud kaayo
Ug ni-shoot dayon ako unya gipa develop ko
Kannindut sa retrato puros putol ang mga ulo
(Repeat CHORUS)
May bag-o nga gikasal nagpakodak sa may altar
Camera kuno i-shoot atul sa ilang paghaluk
Camera ko mi kagar ang flash igo lang misiyuk
Kaunom gyud mokagar, kaunom sad maghaluk
(Repeat CHORUS)
Gipa-posing ko ang tanan, background sa bag-ong gikasal
Mga pamilya miapil naghuot sa may altar
Mipitik kos makadaghan aron makuha ang tanan
Milutaw sa retrato ang pari lang ug sakristan
(Repeat Chorus 2x)
(“Kodachrome” —Paul Simon)
When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It’s a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of edu—cation
Hasn’t hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they’d never match
my sweet imagination
everything looks WORSE in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away