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Photobooth: The Art of the Automatic Portrait
Pellicer R
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Description for Photobooth: The Art of the Automatic Portrait
Hardcover. From the author of Mug Shots, a collection of snapshots made using photobooths, from the invention's early days in the 1920s to the present. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1318. 252 pages, Illustrations (some col.). From the author of Mug Shots, a collection of snapshots made using photobooths, from the invention's early days in the 1920s to the present. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJCP. Dimension: 243 x 203 x 28. Weight: 1318.
In September 1925, between 51st and 52nd Streets on Broadway in New York, a Russian immigrant named Anatol Josepho installed the first entirely automatic photo studio. It was a small booth where anyone could get a snapshot portrait made, without a photographer, for a very small fee: 8 photos in 8 minutes for 25 cents. The invention was an overnight success; Time magazine estimated the number of clients in the first six months around 280,000. By the time Josepho sold his brand to a group of investors for about $1 million two years later, booths were already being exported around ... Read more
In September 1925, between 51st and 52nd Streets on Broadway in New York, a Russian immigrant named Anatol Josepho installed the first entirely automatic photo studio. It was a small booth where anyone could get a snapshot portrait made, without a photographer, for a very small fee: 8 photos in 8 minutes for 25 cents. The invention was an overnight success; Time magazine estimated the number of clients in the first six months around 280,000. By the time Josepho sold his brand to a group of investors for about $1 million two years later, booths were already being exported around ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Abrams
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780810996113
SKU
V9780810996113
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About Pellicer R
Raynal Pellicer is a director who has produced many documentaries, films, and television shows, including series of one hundred short films of people reacting to various art works. He was honoured with the 1993 TV Director's Grant in France. He is also the author of Abrams' Mug Shots.
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