POLAROID CAMERA

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Image of the different layers of a chemically developed film

Image of the Land Model 100 Polaroid Camera

Andy Warhol, an American Artist, with one of Land's Polaroid Cameras

Edwin Land, the inventor of the Polaroid Camera with a two separate positive and negative film

White Fujifilm instax mini 8, one of the current favorite polaroid cameras

Pastel blue Fujifilm instax mini 8 with polaroid pictures surrounding it

Polaroid 's new instant camera, Snap+ that is digital and prints photos

Fujifilm's instant printer for smartphones

David Hockney's "joiners" Polaroid collage

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Michael Archambault, an editor of PetaPixel, wrote an article about the history of the polaroid camera as well as a small summary of the make up of the film. Archambault effectively and briefly decribes the details of the polaroid camera from the increase to the height as well as the fall.

The details about how the camera was invented and the evolution of the polaroid camera was crucial to showing the past. The development from the older film to the chemical layered one also helped show the evolution. Every part of the article included something worth summarizing for the history of the polaroid camera.

Colin Bisset, an editor at abc, discussed the polaroid camera and how it became a design icon. Bisset gives examples of some well known artists and how they incorporated instant film into their projects. With his unbiased opinion, he gave a brief history of the polaroid camera and how it gained popularity

His examples of artists that used polaroid cameras in their projects was useful in showing how designers use polaroid cameras. The technology of polaroid cameras was shown with the evolution of the instant camera.

Jennifer Jolly, a columist at USA Today, interviewed the CEO of Polaroid Scott Hardey to gain some insite on the future of instant camera. The article includes details on new designs for the future of the instant camera and also soon to be released cameras. The article relays information from a main source which gives reliable information.

This article was especially useful in order to gain some insight on where the path of the instant camera is going. The new designs show the technological advancements they are making in order to keep up with the growth of technology.

Polaroid, the official site of the company, included a page with a timeline of the history of their company as well as the polaroid camera up to a certain point. Each point on the timeline briefly states an event that occured such as a certain camera was made.

I included details on certain cameras that were the most influencial in terms of model and features that became standards throughout the design.