Back in the 1940s, American physicist Edwin Land peered through his camera and snapped a photo of his 3-year-old daughter. She asked why she couldn’t see the picture right away. Back then, all cameras used film, which had to be developed, or treated with chemicals at a lab. His daughter’s impatience inspired Land to invent a faster option: the instant camera. It contained film that developed automatically. For the first time, anyone could watch a photo image appear right before their eyes.
Back in the 1940s, American physicist Edwin Land snapped a photo of his 3-year-old daughter. She wanted to see the picture right away. But she couldn’t, because back then, all cameras used film. The film had to be developed, or treated with chemicals at a lab. Only then would the image be visible.
Land was inspired to invent a faster option. He created the first instant camera. The camera contained film that developed automatically. Anyone could watch a photo image appear right before their eyes.