Great Americans: The Tireless Innovation of Edwin Land
The founder of Polaroid was part scientist, part inventor, and part showman—the very model of the modern tech founder, writes Mark Gimein.
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Great Americans: The Tireless Innovation of Edwin LandEdwin Land was the man who put a darkroom in your pocket. (Joyce Dopkeen/New York Times Co. via Getty Images)The founder of Polaroid was part scientist, part inventor, and part showman—the very model of the modern tech founder.By Mark Gimein06.14.26--:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narrationREAD IN APPWelcome back to Great Americans, a countdown to our country’s 250th birthday. We’re bringing you a writer we love on an American they love, every weekday between now and July 4. Previously, Charles Lane wrote about Sandra Day O’Connor, the rancher’s daughter who went on to become the most powerful woman in Washington, D.C. Today, Mark Gimein writes about Edwin Land, the man who put a darkroom in your pocket.
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