Watch 'Mr. Polaroid' on PBS, a documentary exploring the life and success of Edwin H. Land, co-founder of Polaroid.

Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Long before the iPhone, another inventive ...

An ‘American Experience’ documentary focuses on the inventor of the Polaroid camera, Edwin Land, a man of both brilliance and ...

Coming Soon! Premieres Monday, May 19, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Meet Edwin Land, a pioneering tech disruptor and inventor of the midcentury icon, the Polaroid camera. Introduced in 1948, ...

Edwin Land left behind not only innovative products but also an impact on the development of all technology. His ideas forever changed how we take, process, and view photos.

But in the 1940s, the concept was revolutionary. Long before smart phones made instant photography possible, inventor Edwin Land created the Polaroid camera, a device that generated a sensation on ...

Edwin Land left behind not only groundbreaking products but also a lasting impact on the development of all technology. His ideas forever changed how we take, process, and view photos.

Edwin Land, were he alive, would hate this post. He wanted to be known for this scientific work and not for his personal life. In fact, upon his death, he ordered the destruction of all his ...

Polaroid was founded by Edwin Land in 1937, and a decade later its first instant photography product reached the world – a game-changing piece of technology that proposed a convenient alternative to ...

Edwin Land, were he alive, would hate this post. He wanted to be known for this scientific work and not for his personal life. In fact, upon his death, he ordered the destruction of all his ...

Polaroid and Apple: Innovation Through Mental Invention In an excerpt from his new book Ten Steps Ahead, author Erik Calonius tells us about Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid Camera ...