Category: Events

Stereoscopy Day, June 21st 2024: Events Announced

Stereoscopy Day, June 21st 2024: Events Announced

The third annual Stereoscopy Day, an international celebration of stereoscopic 3-D, will take place again on 21st June 2024. This year's events and activities have been announced.

Remarkable Photographic Historian Denis Pellerin Awarded the Freedom of the City of London

Remarkable Photographic Historian Denis Pellerin Awarded the Freedom of the City of London

The Lord Mayor Professor Michael Mainelli has awarded 40 recipients from a broad spectrum of sectors the Freedom of the City of London for their outstanding contributions in their respective fields, including Denis Pellerin as a remarkable photographic historian.

‘Echoes of Depth: New Perspectives by the Victorian Virtual Reality Artists in Residence’: Free Exhibit, Surrey, UK

‘Echoes of Depth: New Perspectives by the Victorian Virtual Reality Artists in Residence’: Free Exhibit, Surrey, UK

Watts Gallery, Surrey, UK, are holding a free exhibit by four of their Artists in Residence, Emma Brown, Drucilla Burrell, Lauren Thompson and Rebecca Sharpe. Inspired by 'Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy', it opens on February 20th 2024.

‘Victorian Parlour Evening’: Compton, Surrey, 20th Feb 2024

‘Victorian Parlour Evening’: Compton, Surrey, 20th Feb 2024

As Watts Gallery celebrates the final week of their exhibition Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, you can join them for a special evening event, filled with activities based around Victorian stereoscopic (3-D) photography and the Victorian parlour experience.

‘Introducing Art in the Victorian Parlour’: In-Person 3-D Talk, Surrey, UK

‘Introducing Art in the Victorian Parlour’: In-Person 3-D Talk, Surrey, UK

Join photo historians and curators Denis Pellerin and Rebecca Sharpe, from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village, Compton, Surrey, UK, on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 for a 3-D talk and the chance to access BMAS's handling collection.

A Very British Boxing Day: The Pram Race 2023 in 3-D

A Very British Boxing Day: The Pram Race 2023 in 3-D

It's not every day you get to see Hobbits rubbing shoulders with Pikachu, Dr. Evils, the Red Arrows and Christmas leftovers to raise money for local charities. I hope that by capturing this quirky British tradition in 3-D, you get a sense of the wonderfully positive and fun atmosphere.

Clifton Bridge Visitor Centre: 3-D Photos with a Smartphone Workshops and 3-D Talk ‘Stereoscopy – A Victorian Phenomenon’ 25th Nov 2023

Clifton Bridge Visitor Centre: 3-D Photos with a Smartphone Workshops and 3-D Talk ‘Stereoscopy – A Victorian Phenomenon’ 25th Nov 2023

On Saturday 25th November 2023 Clifton Bridge and The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy are offering workshops showing participants how to take their own 3-D photos with their smartphones, and afterwards Denis Pellerin, co-curator of The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy will give a 3-D presentation to take viewers back to the Victorian era.

‘Colour, Depth and Movement: The Victorians Wanted it All’ In-person 3-D Talk, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

‘Colour, Depth and Movement: The Victorians Wanted it All’ In-person 3-D Talk, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Denis Pellerin, from The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, will be sharing a selection of wonderful stereoscopic images in 3-D to show how the Victorians pushed the boundaries of photography to capture reality. Step back into the past with him on Saturday 7th October at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.

Create Your Own Stereoscopic Cyanotype: Workshop in Surrey (UK)

Create Your Own Stereoscopic Cyanotype: Workshop in Surrey (UK)

Visitors to Watts Gallery, Compton, can drop-in to the studio and learn how to make their own 3-D prints at the world's first (known) stereoscopic cyanotype workshop.