LAND INTRODUCE THE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT
DEVELOPED INSTANTLY
The “Polaroid” camera became an instant classic following
its conception, ore that sixty years ago. Although the technology behind self
developing film was already present at the time, it was Edwin land (1909-1991),
founder of the Polaroid Corporation, who designed and produced the first
commercially available self developing camera in 1946, an invention that won
its creator many accolades. Polaroid camera is also known as Polaroid land
camera, Polaroid print.
Land formed his company in 1937 to produce and sell the
polarizing filters he had patented eight years before, and soon the company was
making filters for the United States in the world war II .land was on vacation
with his daughter in 1943 when, after snapping a photo of her, she asked why
she had to wait so long to see the images .he soon visualized a system of “one
step dry photography”, whereby the images would develop within sixty seconds
inside the camera.
In the year following world war II, when demand foe
polarizing filters sagged, land turned his finished invention at the optical Society
of America in 1947 by taking a photo of himself and revealing it to the audience
after just a minute. The first of land’s camera, the model 95 become available
in November the next years, and was an instant sellout.
Polaroid continued to produce redesigned cameras and film
including the release of an x ray film for radiography in 1951 right up until February
2008, when the company stopped producing all instant film after falling sales
due to the advent of digital cameras. It seems that once revolutionary
photographic invention had had its day. Polaroid camera is used widely in
optical and lighting device to reduce glare
“(It was on the day ) I
suddenly knew how to make a one step dry photographic process”
-Edwin
land
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