Photo booth
Fotomatón
- Date
- 1925 · confidence medium
- Place
- New York, United States
- Credited to
- Anatol Josepho
- Field
- Communication
What it is
A usually coin-operated automated machine that photographs, develops and prints a portrait without a human operator. The first Photomaton shop, opened by Josepho on Broadway in 1925, drew long queues of New Yorkers.
What it led to
- Standardised, cheap ID photography
- Digital photo booths and event photo kiosks