The patent for the first automated photography machine was
filed in 1888 by William Pope and Edward Poole of Baltimore. The first known working photographic machine
was a product of the French inventor T. E. Enjalbert (March 1889). It was shown
at the World Fair in Paris in 1889. The
first commercially successful automatic photographic apparatus was the
"Bosco“ from the Inventor Conrad Bernitt of Hamburg (Patented
July-16-1890).
Other products included the Photo-Mècanique or
Photo-Automatique in France and in the USA, the turn of the century Automatic
Photographic Machine that could make a portrait in thirty seconds, and the GE
Electric Coin Op Machine of 1915. GE also put out a machine in the US and
Canada that produced “penny photos,” popular at the time with ads even
appearing for automated machines.
Most modern photo booths use video or digital cameras
instead of film cameras, and are under computer
control. Some booths can also produce stickers, postcards, or other items with
the photographs on them, rather or as well as simply a strip of pictures.
Containing as many as 400 metal plates, while hailed as
“devices for instant photography (that) could be installed and left to operate
on their own in public places, squares, parks theaters, etc.” none of the
machines were, in fact, ever totally self-operative and failed because of coin
jams and their need for frequent chemical changes and repairs.
- Innovative Foto is the largest full service designer, manufacturer,
operator and distributor of digital imaging photo kiosks in the United
States
- Photo Booths – “It’s all we do”!
- Innovatives’ Photo Booth “real estate” is unmatched- over 3,000
photo booths in North America operating under a revenue sharing model as
well as support of thousands of sold photo booths in North America &
Worldwide
- 80% + market share - dominating malls/shopping centers, cinemas,
amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, museums and tourist destinations
- Chuck E. Cheese has more than 1,000 Innovative FOTO booths,
yielding 40 million pictures annually
- Innovative FOTO is a portfolio company of Sankaty Advisors, an
affiliate of Bain Capital, that manages $19.1 billion of assets
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