The California Museum of Photography is holding the exhibition 'Shaping the Imperialist Imagination: Stereographs from the Museum Collection', curated by UCR undergraduates.
Category: History and Research
Making Tissue Stereoviews, with Roger Sassaki
In this Blog Post, I am going to share a brief description of French tissue stereoscopic photographs, and highlight the excellent workshop given by Brazilian photographer and educator Roger Sassaki.
Edmond Rostand’s “Chantecler” in the Stereoscope
Photo historian Denis Pellerin shares his incredible research into a set of Verascope stereoscopic glass slides. He identified them as depicting the actors and actresses and their amazing costumes of the 1910 production of Chantecler, by Edmond Rostand, brought to life through the magic of stereoscopic time-travel.
A Virtual Tour of the Franke & Heidecke Factory in 1938
To celebrate 5 years of Stereoscopy Day and 100 years of the Rolleidoscop stereoscopic camera, I would like to take you on a 1938 virtual stereoscopic 3-D tour of the legendary manufacturers Franke & Heidecke's factory in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany
Celebrating 100 Years of the Rolleidoscop: The History of an Iconic Stereo Camera
2026 marks 100 years of Franke and Heidecke's stereoscopic film camera the Rolleidoscop. This blog post is both a celebration and a tribute to a very special and still much sought-after stereoscopic camera.
‘The Creative and Prolific Partnership of Furne & Tournier’: Free Online 3-D Talk, 20th June for Stereoscopy Day
For Stereoscopy Day 2026, photo historian and co-curator of the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, Denis Pellerin, is giving a free online talk on 20th June 2026, starting at 5pm BST: 'The Creative and Prolific Partnership of Furne & Tournier'.
Meet the Pashley Sisters of Worksop, in 3-D, in 1866
To celebrate International Women's Day, I'm sharing the 1866 stereoscopic portraits and life stories of the Pashley sisters of Worksop.
Free Online Talk: ‘Unexpectedly Unearthing Three Victorian Female Stereoscopic Photographers’, Women of Photography Conference-A-Thon, 8th March 2026
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the little-known stereoscopic work of Eliza Allen, Manchester, Elizabeth Higgins, Stamford, and Harriet Agnes Sampson, London, and the stories behind these photographers will be shared by Rebecca Sharpe, from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy and this blog, as part of the Women of Photography Conference-A-Thon.
Seeing in Three Dimensions: Stereoscopic Images and the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, by The Griffith Institute
The Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, launched in November 2025, have shared the story behind discovering unintentional stereoscopic pairs amongst their photographs by Harry Burton.
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Acquires Rare Stereoscopic (3-D) Photographs of Andy Warhol’s Factory
Archives of American Art has acquired more than 400 stereoscopic (3-D) slides of Andy Warhol inside his legendary New York City studio, taken by artist Ronnie Cutrone.
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