The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography

by Peter Buse

In a world where nearly everyone has a cellphone camera capable of zapping countless instant photos, it can be a challenge to remember just how special and transformative Polaroid photography was in its day. And yet, there's still something magical for those of us who recall waiting for a Polaroid picture to develop. Writing in the context of two Polaroid Corporation bankruptcies, not to mention the obsolescence of its film, Peter Buse argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022617638X
• ISBN13: 9780226176383
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"