Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation Website
Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation at the Harvard Business School
Meroë Morse became a key contributor to the development of instant photography and served as the liaison between scientists and the photographers who consulted for Polaroid. She joined Polaroid in 1945 after graduating from Smith College, having studied art history with Clarence Kennedy, a friend and associate of Edwin Land.
Morse brought both scientific and artistic sensibilities to the advancement of a photographic medium that would come to have unique cultural and artistic significance. She built relationships with fine art photographer Minor White, color art photography pioneer Marie Cosindas, and landscape photographer Ansel Adams.
