Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and fashion giant Vivienne Westwood have an unlikely common muse: a 33-year-old Polaroid instant camera. Make no mistake–this isn’t one of those handheld gadgets that became ubiquitous in the 1970s. The so-called 20×24 Land Camera is a 235-pound behemoth, producing prints nearly 2 feet square. Edwin Land (1909-91), founder of Polaroid, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
In 2002 the way ahead of its time on-line magazine Spook did an in depth article on the 20×24 studio. From Joyce Tenneson, Timothy Grenfield-Sanders, William Wegman to John Reuter, this image rich article provides an excellent snapshot of 20×24 photography at the beginning of the decade. Click here to download the article, written by […]