Anatol Josepho

Who was Anatol Josepho?

Anatol M. Josepho, born Anatol Josephewitz, was a Siberian immigrant to the United States of America from Omsk, Russia, who invented and patented the first automated photo booth in 1925, which was named the "Photomaton". In 1927, he was paid one million dollars for the invention.

Camp Josepho, a 110 acre property, which stretches from Mandeville Canyon to Will Rogers State Park, was given to the Boy Scouts of the Crescent Bay Council in 1947 by Anatol Josepho Sixty-five years later, Camp Josepho continues to fulfill its mission of serving youth throughout Los Angeles, with a unique emphasis on filmmaking, in the spirit of its namesake.