3,304 Miles of Kodak Moments in Kodak.com's Newest Feature Story; Taken On The Road: American Mile Markers reveals one man's unique photo-documentary.ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Matthew Frondorf doesn't always take typical vacations. Instead of packing his bathing suit and flip flops, he loaded his car with Kodak film, a Canon T-90 camera, a cooler and clothes and took off on a bee-line trip from the tip of Manhattan to the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. . At each mile, he snapped a picture of whatever lay ahead of him from the camera mounted on his car. His comprehensive collection of highways, cornfields, Midwest towns and even a herd of Herefords is now an interactive exhibit called Taken On The Road: American Mile Markers on http://www.kodak.com. Frondorf embarked upon his cross-country journey to record a true picture of America, including the areas that most people often forget - the land that lies in between popular landmarks. "Throughout my journey, the mile markers (the pictures) serve as a great equalizer, giving the same weight to the trailer house in the desert and Manhattan's World Trade Center; to the homeless person An individual who lacks housing, including one whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations; an individual who is a resident in transitional housing; or an individual who has as a primary residence a in New Jersey and the cowboy cowboy Horseman skilled at handling cattle in the U.S. West. From c. 1820, cowboys were employed in small numbers on Texas ranches, where they had learned the skills of the vaquero (Spanish: “cowboy”). on horseback on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. See also: Horseback in Nevada," explained Frondorf. The feature story uses a QuickTime movie that enables site visitors to see Frondorf's entire trip in sequential order, one picture after the next - just as the creator intended. "One sees the mainland as a vast continuum, with city streets flowing into farms and prairies prairies, generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. , parched parch v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. deserts flowing into forests and mountains. Singly, the photos are just snapshots. Taken collectively, however, one realizes that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts," said Frondorf. Taken On The Road also presents Frondorf's pictures in the context of a continental U.S. map that highlights his exact route. Visitors can navigate the map using several different resolution options: ranging from the whole country down to the individual images taken in a specific town, on a particular day at an exact time. All images in the collection are not only viewable from the map and the QuickTime movie, they can also be sent to anyone in the world using e-mail picture postcards. Each e-mailed picture will include the exact location in America where the picture was taken. "Taken On The Road has presented us with the opportunity to showcase one man's vision of photography the way it should be," said Jonathan Vaughters Jonathan Vaughters (born June 10, 1973 in Denver) is an American former professional racing cyclist and current directeur sportif. Racing career His first professional team in Europe was the Spanish team Santa Clara , marketing director for kodak.com. Frondorf calls his work "statistical photography," a technique he believes portrays pictures as a collection - when one is taken out of context, it loses much of its meaning. "We developed the feature story area of kodak.com to showcase both amateur and professional photographers just like Matthew - those who are expressing themselves and doing very personal things with photography," added Vaughters. "We hope that people like Matthew will inspire others to truly Take Pictures. Further.(TM)" Taken On The Road: American Mile Markers is the third in a series of six features being created for Kodak by Second Story, an award-winning Web design firm. All past feature stories, including Endurance Endurance See also Longevity. Atalanta feminine name denotes power of endurance. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 148] Boston marathon famous 26-mile race held annually for long-distance runners. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc. and The Venice Dream Team, the two most recent features, are archived at http://www.kodak.com. These feature stories are compelling areas of the site that attract new and repeat visitors, thus supporting the company's overall growth strategy. Second Story Since 1994, Second Story (http://www.secondstory.com) has been creating interactive experiences delivered on the Web and through disk-based media. The award-winning agency focuses on blending technology and storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. with topics such as adventure travel, architecture and natural history. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For more information on Kodak products and services, visit our Web site at http://www.kodak.com. (Kodak and Take Pictures. Further. are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.) |
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