Watch a preview of Mr. Polaroid. Watch a preview of Mr. Polaroid ... NARRATOR: Behind the magic was the genius of a man named Edwin Land, an inventor who'd been chasing the dream of instant ...

The story of Edwin Land, whose iconic Polaroid ... the photographic industry now earns a net profit of about $1 billion a year. BONANOS: And Polaroid came along at just the right time to join ...

An ‘American Experience’ documentary focuses on the inventor of the Polaroid camera, Edwin Land, a man of both brilliance and egotism.

Long before smart phones made instant photography possible, inventor Edwin Land created the Polaroid camera, a device that generated a sensation on par with the introduction of the iPhone if not ...

The title of “Mr. Polaroid,” on PBS’ “American Experience,” is as apt as it is succinct. Edwin H. Land wasn’t just the cofounder and longtime head of the Polaroid Corp., which for ...

(A protip: “You shouldn’t shake,” I-1 photos, Smolokowski says, OutKast be damned.) Edwin Land of Polaroid on the cover of LIFE magazine, October 27, 1972.October 27, 1972 cover of LIFE maga ...

This month, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE introduces viewers to Edwin Land, the visionary scientist and inventor ... And this story is a local one. 1. The Polaroid story is local. Cambridge played a big role, ...

Polaroid today is a drastically different company than the one that filed for bankruptcy back in 2001. Still, CEO Scott Hardy sees some link to the past. “Not many people realize that Edwin Land ...

Edwin Land, were he alive ... and while you probably correctly associate him with the Polaroid camera, that turns out to be only part of the story. Land in 1977 It was obvious that Land was ...

The Polaroid I-2 instant camera's large viewfinder, sharp lens, and LiDAR autofocus justify its cost over less advanced competitors. The Polaroid brand is historic: Edwin Land released the first ...