Contracting with regional shopping malls to run their Santa Claus and Easter Bunny photo operations,
and special events

                                IPCA (Instant Photo Corporation of America)

                         was started in 1986 by Mark Allen in Mobile, Alabama. 


  At its inception, IPCA was a special events company utilizing Polaroid instant photography at major events along the Gulf coast.


          Eventually, through word of mouth and a tremendous reputation, IPCA began contracting with regional shopping malls                to run their Santa Claus and Easter Bunny photo operations. The results were so great that the mall seasonal photo business                       began to grow rapidly. By the mid-nineties IPCA had morphed into a major "Santa/Easter Bunny Photo Company"                                                                        and is now contracting with major shopping malls around the country.