1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
2017, English. Directed by Jonathan Ignatius Green.
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.
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1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone (2017) was directed by Jonathan Ignatius Green and stars Dante Gabiati, Cary Mizbe, Venee Porter.