For December
the University of Chicago free ebook is
The Camera Does the Rest by Peter Buse.
Back in the day, a Polaroid camera was a staple of holiday gatherings. Then came digital and the Polaroid Corporation went bankrupt. In our free e-book for December, The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography, Peter Buse looks at the rise and fall of Polaroid. He shows how Polaroid was not only a new photo technology, but a new kind of photography, one that has much in common with Instagram and other image-based social media.
“This book covers all of the cultural perceptions and scientific discoveries that made Polaroid something very special and leaves us with a clear sense of its lost pleasures, too. For Buse, Polaroid is not just an object of nostalgia, it is a catalyst undeniably linked to the massive changes we’ve seen in social rituals and imaging technology in our lifetime.”—
American Photo