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Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, [2] FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, [4] best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography , and the retinex theory of color vision , among other things.
The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit the use of his Polaroid polarizing polymer. [1] Land and Polaroid created the first instant camera, the Land Camera, in 1948. [2] Land ran the company until 1981. Its peak employment was 21,000 in 1978, and its peak revenue was $3 billion in 1991. [3] Polaroid Corporation was declared ...
The Polaroid Collection was a collection of fine-art photographs assembled by the Polaroid Corporation. The collection was initiated in the 1940s by Ansel Adams and Edwin Land . [ 1 ] Following the company's 2008 bankruptcy, the collection was broken up for sale in 2010.
Morse got a job at Polaroid after college in 1945 and started out working with Eudoxia Woodward on the SX-70 team. When Muller left Polaroid in 1946 Morse followed in her position. [4] She was an advisor to Edwin Land. In 1948, Morse became the laboratory supervisor responsible for photographic materials.
Edwin H. Land, co-founder of Polaroid Corporation, contacted United States Time Corporation in 1948 in search of a manufacturer for his cameras. A strong relationship was forged between the companies in 1950 resulting in United States Time becoming the exclusive manufacturer of all Polaroid cameras worldwide through the 1970s, totaling more ...
PolaPan" is a portmanteau of Polaroid and Panchromatic. The PolaPan name had also been used in connection with Polaroid roll print films Type 42 PolaPan 200 (200 ASA film speed) (also Type 32) and Type 44 PolaPan 400 (400 ASA film speed in daylight). Polablue was a slide film with a particular blue color cast.
The Land Camera is a model of self-developing film camera manufactured by Polaroid between 1948 and 1983. It is named after the inventor, American scientist Edwin Land, who developed a process for self-developing photography between 1943 and 1947. [1] After Edwin Land's retirement from Polaroid in 1982, the name 'Land' was dropped from the ...
Polaroid produces lines of black and white [6] and color film compatible with the SX-70, [22] though their films use a different chemistry than original Polaroid film and have different characteristics such as lower color quality, longer development times, and higher sensitivity to outside forces including light and pressure. [23]