In 1947 Edwin Land invented the Polaroid Land Camera, the world’s first instant camera. The story since is hugely important to us even now in the digital era.

Instant: The Story Of Polaroid is going to be released next month by Princeton Architectural Press. Author Christopher Bonanos tells the rise and fall of the instant camera, this video gives us an insight.

Book trailer for INSTANT: THE STORY OF POLAROID by Christopher Bonanos from Princeton Architectural Press on Vimeo.