Polaroid

by Alan R Earls

Overview

Edwin Land and Polaroid, the company he created in the 1930s, have spawned many bold scientific innovations over the years. Most of them led quickly to unique commercial products. Best known for revolutionary instant photography systems, Land and Polaroid also achieved miracles in light-polarizing technology that is embedded in many of today's consumer products. During World War II, Polaroid manufactured and created a large array of products for the U.S. military; later, Land's top-secret cold war initiatives led to crucial intelligence breakthroughs. Polaroid features images of signature innovations, scientists, and photographers who pioneered the use of Polaroid film.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781531621797
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Publication date:	10/19/2005
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Alan R. Earls, a business and technology journalist, often covered Polaroid in the 1980s and has written two other titles for Arcadia Publishing: Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech and Digital Equipment Corporation. Nasrin Rohani, Polaroid's consulting archivist, has been affiliated with the corporate archive since its creation in 1984. Boston-born Marie Cosindas was one of the first to test Edwin Land's instant-developing color film and went on to create hundreds of memorable images on Polaroid film.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	6
	Introduction	7
1	The Vision and Passion of Edwin Land	9
2	Land's Curiosity Shop	21
3	Quality and Quantity: Polaroid and the War Effort	39
4	Polaroid People	53
5	Instant Photography	69
6	Thinking Ahead	91
7	The Intersection of Art and Science	113