Before there was Instagram to catalogue your life in artsy and flattering filters, there was the joy of the instant camera, or the Polaroid camera.

Instant cameras are a type of camera relying on film that develops on the spot to deliver an image you can take home with you right away. First brought to market in the late 1940s, Polaroid cameras were the original consumer-friendly cameras, easy enough your grandmother could figure it out.

The world’s largest Polaroid camera is in Supersense, a cafe/recording studio/photo booth/printing press in Vienna, Austria that is indebted to all things vintage and analogue.

Have a look:

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