Tag: Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy

‘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.

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.

Alfred A. Hart: American Photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, Remembered with a Stereoscopic Camera Memorial

Alfred A. Hart: American Photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, Remembered with a Stereoscopic Camera Memorial

In this Stereoscopy Day post, we're paying tribute to photographer Alfred A. Hart and California historian Mead B. Kibbey, looking at Hart's stereoscopic photos of the CPRR.

Two Free Online Talks to Celebrate Stereoscopy Day, 21st June

Two Free Online Talks to Celebrate Stereoscopy Day, 21st June

The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy has announced two free to attend online Zoom talks to celebrate International Stereoscopy Day on June 21st 2023.

Stereoscopy Day: An International Celebration of Stereoscopic 3D, June 21st

Stereoscopy Day: An International Celebration of Stereoscopic 3D, June 21st

The second international Stereoscopy Day will take place on June 21st 2023.

‘Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy’ Exhibition

‘Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy’ Exhibition

Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, held by Watts Gallery, Compton, UK, will present highlights from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy to explore the 19th-century photography craze that, for the first time, enabled pictures to appear in 3D.

‘Bordeaux: The Capital of Stereoscopy’. Free International 3-D Conference.

‘Bordeaux: The Capital of Stereoscopy’. Free International 3-D Conference.

The first international conference of stereoscopic photography in Bordeaux, France, takes place from the 11th to 13th May 2023, with an exhibition from the 4th May to 22nd June 2023 at the Mériadeck Library.

Léopold Harzé’s “Comedy in Sculpture” [1]

Léopold Harzé’s “Comedy in Sculpture” [1]

Photo Historian Denis Pellerin introduces 19th century Belgian sculptor Léopold Harzé and invites you to explore his work through the stereoscope.