{"product_id":"the-camera-does-the-rest-how-polaroid-changed-photography","title":"The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world where nearly everyone has a cellphone camera capable of zapping countless instant photos  it can be a challenge to remember just how special and transformative Polaroid photography was in its day. And yet  theres still something magical for those of us who recall waiting for a Polaroid picture to develop. Writing in the context of two Polaroid Corporation bankruptcies  not to mention the obsolescence of its film  Peter Buse argues that Polaroid was  and is  distinguished by its processby the fact that  as the New York Times put it in 1947  the camera does the rest.  Polaroid was often dismissed as a toy  but Buse takes it seriously  showing how it encouraged photographic play as well as new forms of artistic practice. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of the Polaroid Corporation  Buse reveals Polaroid as photography at its most intimate  where the photographer  photograph  and subject sit in close proximity in both time and spacemaking Polaroid not only the perfect party camera but also the tool for frankly salacious pictures taking.  Along the way  Buse tells the story of the Polaroid Corporation and its ultimately doomed hard-copy wager against the rising tide of digital imaging technology. He explores the continuities and the differences between Polaroid and digital  reflecting on what Polaroid can tell us about how we snap photos today. Richly illustrated  The Camera Does the Rest will delight historians  art critics  analog fanatics  photographers  and all those who miss the thrill of waiting to see what develops.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984573329461,"sku":"ByrdShop_022617638X","price":46.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226176383.jpg?v=1770837301","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-camera-does-the-rest-how-polaroid-changed-photography","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}