A photo finish for iconic Valley business

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Colormark closing

Paul Markow, left, shown with his mother Bea Markow, former co-owner of the Colormark photo finishing lab in Phoenix, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Mike Sakal

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Bea Markow

Bea Markow, former co-owner of the Colormark photo finishing lab in Phoenix, shown Wednesday, April 27, 2011. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

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Bea Markow

Bea Markow, former co-owner of the Colormark photo finishing lab in Phoenix is closing, shown Wednesday, April 27, 2011. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

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Bea Markow

Bea Markow, former co-owner of Colormark photo finishing lab in Phoenix, shown Wednesday, April 27, 2011. [Tim Hacker, Tribune]

Mike Sakal

Joseph Wojcich

Joseph Wojcich, owner of Tempe Camera and Repair at 606 W. University Drive, opened his business in 1972 and is one of two remaining independent photo processing labs in the Valley. Here, Wojcich is pictured wearing a Japanese greeting jacket that a Japanese customer sent him for repairing an antique camera. The front of the jacket says Tempe Camera in Japanese.