75 years of the instant cameraPolaroid - A cult object celebrates its birthday

One press of a button and you have a photo: the idea for the instant camera was revolutionary - and it lives on. It still inspires entire generations today.

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A Polaroid ImagePro camera "spits out" a photo
© picture alliance / Oliver Berg/dpa

A Polaroid ImagePro camera "spits out" a photo. On February 21, 1947, the American Edwin Land presented the first instant camera in New York. In retrospect, the name of his company makes the scope of its technical revolution clear: Polaroid.

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