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Meags Fitzgerald, this quirky volume's creator, fell in love with the old school (read, employing the photochemical process, as opposed to digital) photobooth. Realizing that the photobooth was fading out, due - as with so much else - to the unyielding economic imperative, she embarked on a journey to document the depth and breadth of the life and times of the photobooth. Travelling through North America, Europe and Australia, sketchbook, notebook and camera in hand, she documented the photobooth in situ around the world. She then proceeded to reach out to the global photobooth community (yes, there is such a thing; why should you be surprised?) and received ample supporting materials including, most importantly, plenty of photobooth photos. The result is this 276 page comics history that provides an in-depth look at what may be the sine qua non of machine age ephemerality, a small room that sets up and then captures a fleeting instant in a life - often lives in tandem, as couples and friends were among the most frequent patrons of the photobooth, cementing a relationship in a strip of self-consciously posed photos that are among the classics of 20th century mementos. Reading this book, you'll have a greater understanding of why. According to one sestimate in the book, the supply of old school, photochemical-based, photobooth paper will run out this summer, so anyone inspired by this book to seek these out for a last hurrah, might want to start planning a trip to the photobooth of their choice now...