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November 16, 2012
by Dan
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The Story of Polaroid on WNYC

New York Magazine editor Christopher Bonanos discusses his new book  Instant: The Story of Polaroid with Leonard Lopate on WNYC: WNYC Leonard Lopate: The Story of Polaroid mp3  (Note: Instant: The Story of Polaroid is published by Princeton Architectural Press who are distributed in … Continue reading

August 14, 2012
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Instant: The Story of Polaroid

Led by the visionary Edwin Land, Polaroid grew from a 1937 garage start-up into a billion-dollar pop-culture phenomenon. Instant by New York magazine editor Christopher Bonanos tells the story of Land’s unique invention, Polaroid’s first instant camera, its meteoric rise in popularity and adoption … Continue reading