1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone

Name: 1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
Director: Jonathan Ignatius Green
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Dante Gabiati, Cary Mizbe, Venee Porter, Wendy Wang

7.5/10

2017

0h 4m

Documentary

Overview

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this invention was the birth of Kahn's daughter, when he jerry-rigged a mobile phone with a digital camera and sent photos in real time. In 2016 Time Magazine included Kahn's first camera phone photo in their list of the 100 most influential photos of all time.