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		officemonkey on Oct 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Man Who Inspired Jobs That's a gorgeous bit of video there. Thanks for sharing. "Since 1947, Edwin Land and Polaroid have pursued a central concept, one single thread: the removal of the barriers between a photographer and a subject." The ubiquity of the cell phone camera has delivered on Land's goal in a way unguessed at when the SX-70 came out.

justincormack on Oct 8, 2011 [–]

Oh but the SX70 is much more fun to use. Creating an object like that, with the picture slowly appearing is much more magical...

officemonkey on Oct 8, 2011 | [–]

Funny thing is, the Polaroid existed to quickly give you the image. No sending the film off to a Kodak lab for processing.

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