Editing Instant camera (section)

== In popular culture ==
Polaroid pictures are used extensively in the movie [[Memento (film)|Memento]].

The popular 2003 song "[[Hey Ya!]]" by Outkast features the line "Shake it like a Polaroid picture", referring to the myth that shaking an instant photo makes it dry faster. In reality, shaking has no positive effect and can even damage the photo. As a result of the song, the [[Polaroid Corporation]] released a statement discouraging the practice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-18 |title=Foxnews.com - Don't Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture - Feb. 18, 2004 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/dont-shake-it-like-a-polaroid-picture |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=foxnews.com}}</ref>

The name and app icon of the social photo sharing platform [[Instagram]], founded in 2010, originated from the instant camera, with the 2010 icon directly resembling a Polaroid Land Camera 1000. 

In 2014, American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] used Polaroids as the aesthetic for her fifth studio album ''[[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]''.

Instant cameras featured prominently in the 2015 video game ''[[Life Is Strange]]'' in which the protagonist, Max Caulfield, frequently uses one.