{"product_id":"the-polaroid-project-at-the-intersection-of-art-and-technology-9780520296169","title":"The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology","description":"Polaroid instant photography revolutionized the taking and making of pictures, and the story of its beginnings is a simple one. In 1943, after being asked by his daughter why she couldn't immediately see the photograph he had just taken, American inventor and scientist Edwin H. Land conceived of the technology required to make this seemingly impossible demand a reality--within an hour. Land's creation was a groundbreaking scientific accomplishment that also heralded an exciting new chapter of artistic expression. Through the efforts of thousands of photographers the world over, as well as the corporation's own artist support program, which provided many with materials, Polaroid would help shape the artistic landscape of the late twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published to accompany a major traveling exhibition, \u003ci\u003eThe Polaroid Project\u003c\/i\u003e is a creative exploration of the relationship between Polaroid's many technological innovations and the art that was created with their help. Richly designed with over 300 illustrations, this impressive volume showcases not only the myriad and often idiosyncratic approaches taken by such photographers as Ansel Adams, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ellen Carey, and Chuck Close, but also a fascinating selection of the technical objects and artifacts that speak to the sheer ingenuity that lay behind the art. With essays by the exhibition's curators and leading photographic writers and historians, \u003ci\u003eThe Polaroid Project\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique perspective on the Polaroid phenomenon--a technology, an art form, a convergence of both--and its enduring cultural legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: William A. Ewing, Barbara P. Hitchcock, Deborah G. Douglas, Gary Van Zante, Rebekka Reuter, Christopher Bonanos, Todd Brandow, Peter Buse, Dennis Jelonnek, and John Rohrbach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exhibition dates: \u003cbr\u003e Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth: June 3-September 3, 2017 \u003cbr\u003e WestLicht Museum of Photography, Vienna: December 5, 2017-March 4, 2018 \u003cbr\u003e C\/O Berlin: July 6-September 23, 2018 \u003cbr\u003e MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA: Fall 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam A. Ewing\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, a former director of the Mus?e de l'Elys?e in Lausanne, and a curator with the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography and the Fondation Car?ne, Switzerland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara P. Hitchcock\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and curator. Formerly Director of Cultural Affairs at Polaroid and Curator of the Polaroid Collections, Massachusetts, she serves on the Collections Committee of Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah G. 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