The Polaroid Land Camera was born from founder Edwin Land's invention of film that did not require a chemical bath to develop. Despite its success, Polaroid filed for bankruptcy in 2001 due to the ...

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EXCLUSIVE: The idea of taking a photograph anywhere, anytime and see the image immediately has become entirely routine. But in the 1940s, the concept was revolutionary. Long before smart phones made ...

There are few things that have changed more in living memory than the camera. It wasn't long ago that good cameras were heavy objects made of steel and glass. They had no memory and needed film to ...