Photo booth history, culture and the stories behind strips

A hundred years of photo booths, the cultures that made them their own, and why four small frames still matter.

6 articles in Culture & Stories

How one photo booth visit inspired the idea for a browser-based online photo booth anyone can open from anywhere.

Years from now you won't remember every ordinary day, but you'll be grateful for the memories you chose to keep.

From shopping malls to social media feeds, photo strips are making a huge comeback. Here is why.

Thousands of images nobody looks at, and four on a fridge seen daily. The difference is placement - and four other things.

Purikura, Korean self-photo studios, European passport booths and American event rentals - one machine, four completely different objects.

From a Broadway shop in 1925 to browser booths - how it was invented, why strips are shaped that way, and why it keeps outliving its replacements.