Apparatus, system, and method for developing photos from digital images

An apparatus for developing a photographic image, comprising:

• a housing having a first wall, a second wall, and a bottom wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall are two slanted side walls facing each other;
• a light source disposed on the first wall of or inside the housing and configured to emit light to inside the housing;
• a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having a front side and a back side, and disposed on the second wall the housing, the LCD panel configured to display a digital image on the front side upon illumination of the light toward the back side and to expose a photographic media disposed in close proximity to or contacting the front side of the LCD panel;
• a filter slot for an optical filter disposed between the light source and the LCD panel, the optical filter configured to filter out unwanted wavelength and provide a pre-determined range of wavelength of the light;
• a mirror placed inside the housing and optically between the light source and the LCD panel, and configured to reflect the light from the light source to the back side of the LCD panel;
• and
• a plate mechanically connected on the housing, and configured to press the photographic media against the front side of the LCD panel, wherein the photographic media is a photographic paper directly contacting the front side of the LCD panel.