The photographer only had to wait about a minute before peeling apart the negative and positive layers of film to reveal a fully developed photograph. When the camera’s shutter opened, light entered to hit the highly sensitive film, leaving behind an image of the scene. In a radical departure from traditional photography, he created a tool with both a negative film and a positive receiving sheet. Thus Land set out to develop instant photography. She asked him why she couldn’t see photos right after they were taken. In 1943, Land made another breakthrough, inspired by his daughter. He established the Polaroid Corporation together with his Harvard Physics Professor George Wheelwright III to commercialize his invention. This breakthrough, which he patented in 1933, led to his development of the polaroid film. Rather than grow a single, large crystal of a polarizing substance, Land created a film with millions of micron-scale polarizing crystals, all coaxed into alignment with each other. Inventor, scientist and entrepreneur Edwin Land was first to develop inexpensive polarizing filters. Join us in celebrating World Photography Week and reflect on a monumental photography development: Optica Honorary Member Edwin Land’s creation of the instant photo. From the two-tone heliography to modern smartphones, the story of photography is a story of innovation. Photography can show us who we are, and make permanent the ephemeral stories carried by light. Sammi Bradley, Digital Communications Coordinator, Optica Edwin Land and the Birth of Instant Photography
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