""Instant photography at the push of a button!" During the 1960s and '70s, Polaroid was the coolest technology company on earth. Like Apple, it was an innovation machine that cranked out one must-have product after another. Led by its own visionary genius founder, Edwin Land, Polaroid grew from a 1937 garage start-up into a billion-dollar pop-culture phenomenon. Instant tells the remarkable tale of Land's one-of-a-kind invention-from Polaroid's first instant camera to hit the market in 1948, to its meteoric rise in ...
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""Instant photography at the push of a button!" During the 1960s and '70s, Polaroid was the coolest technology company on earth. Like Apple, it was an innovation machine that cranked out one must-have product after another. Led by its own visionary genius founder, Edwin Land, Polaroid grew from a 1937 garage start-up into a billion-dollar pop-culture phenomenon. Instant tells the remarkable tale of Land's one-of-a-kind invention-from Polaroid's first instant camera to hit the market in 1948, to its meteoric rise in popularity and adoption by artists such as Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, and Chuck Close, to the company's dramatic decline into bankruptcy in the late '90s and its unlikely resurrection in the digital age. Instant is both an inspiring tale of American ingenuity and a cautionary business tale about the perils of companies that lose their creative edge"--
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 192 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. pages. "This book richly illustrated, behind the scenes look at the company, tells the tale of Land's extraordinary and beloved invention. Instant is both a cautionary tale about tech companies that lose their edge and a remarkable story of American ingenuity." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.
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Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Color and B&W Photographs; 1912 pages; Cocked spine. Rubbing (shelf wear) to DJ, light. Wear to cover edges, light. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. University of Maryland "First Year Book" edition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.