Before the digital camera, before the Polaroid, the photo booth instantly captured the moment. Babbette Hines chronicles our enduring fascination with this age-old machine in Photobooth. The book consists of roughly 600 shots culled from Hines� personal collection of almost 3,000, most of which she found on Sunday morning trips to flea markets. When Hines started buying, photos were about 25 cents apiece. �Now I�m almost priced out of the market,� she says, noting that eBay sellers fetch as much as $50 for a vintage snapshot. Though new features — like sticker sheets and psychedelic backgrounds — have come along, the dimensions of the booth have remained relatively unchanged since its invention in 1925. Some formats don�t need to be upgraded.
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