Red Books BookThe Polaroid camera combined two of Andy Warhol's obsessions the disposable nature of modern consumerism and the photograph as ready made. An inveterate and relentless user of Polaroid cameras, he made tens of thousands of instant photographs during the 1970s. Many of these were made over a short time span and focused on one individual or subject, sometimes a formal sitting for a portrait, an informal event with friends, or a party at The Factory.