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This, That and Some Other Stuff

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:56:24 +0000

The various winter recesses are coming to an end and things are picking back up here in Washington. Time for another full season of podiums, teleprompters and testimony.

Looking Back: Kodak Goes Bankrupt

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:38:43 +0000

The news came today that Kodak has declared Bankruptcy. No a big surprise really, the company has been struggling for years. But, when I heard the news I thought back to a post from the end of 2010 when the end of Kodachrome processing hit. So, here are the images from that post once again.

I’d had four rolls of Kodachrome in my fridge for a long while now. I wasn’t too sure what to do with it until a trip to upstate New York for work came up. So, I decided I would visit Rochester and photograph whats left of the massive Kodak industrial Campus that at its height spanned several square miles. Today many of the buildings have been torn down, sold off to other companies or just left empty. I couldn’t think of a better way to use my last rolls of discontinued and long expired rolls of Kodachrome than to photograph the remains of the place where it came from.

Roadside Projection Of Power

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:26:46 +0000

Nothing like a few planes sitting by the side of the road.

Some Cold War Goodness

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:46:33 +0000

I took a trip to South Carolina not too long ago and took some time to swing by a Cold War relic or two. This first batch is from the USS Yorktown, which is now a museum ship sitting in Charleston Harbor.

I’ve Been A Bad Blogger

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:46:05 +0000

Okay, It’s been way too long since my last update. It’s been a pretty busy last few weeks. So, here’s a little round-up post to get things moving again. And fear not, I’ve got a pile of scans to do, so the posts will be coming a little more often than every month and a half.

The Cold War Project: The Lost Rolls

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:45:22 +0000

Okay, so the film wasn’t really “lost,” just hiding out behind some stuff in my fridge. I was in Connecticut a while back and stopped by a local aircraft museum. When I got back from the trip I tossed the film in my fridge with the intention of dropping it off at the lab a few days later to get processed. A few days turned into about 6 months. But, at last here’s some of the photos from that stop:

A Good Ol’ Fashioned Round-Up

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:03:21 +0000

It’s been a pretty busy last few weeks and I’ve been neglecting the ol’ blog. So, here’s a sampling of the last couple of weeks. Everything from the First Lady Gardening, politicians gesturing, a rainy day and excited people in fancy clothes.

Planes N’ Stuff

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:12:53 +0000

The Cold War Project continues with a little swing by the aircraft museum outside of Patuxent River Naval Air Station to make some pictures of the planes sitting next to the road.

A Central Banker, Finance Minister and Development Chief Walk Into A Bar…

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:56:59 +0000

Okay, it wasn’t really a bar, just a series of meeting rooms. It was World Bank/IMF annual meetings time in DC and with it comes endless meetings and of course press conferences about those meetings. Oh, and don’t forget the “family photo.”

That Picture Has Some Legs

Kristoffer Tripplaar — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:02:39 +0000

Yesterday I was quite surprised to find out that one of my photos from the 9/11 Memorial Commemoration Ceremony at Ground Zero in New York landed on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Shortly after that I started getting word that wasn’t the only front page that it turned up on. I’m completely floored by how much my picture was used. This is by far the most I ever seen one of my photos get picked up.