Photo historian Denis Pellerin blows us away yet again with his amazing research into seven French stereoscopic collodion glass negatives. He uncovers the stories of the nineteenth Century firm in the images and the photographer who took them.
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The Poor Man’s Picture Gallery: The Search Goes On. Free online 3-D talk.
Join photo historian Denis Pellerin on a free online 3-D Zoom talk, 26th May 2021 19:00 BST and discover how Victorian stereographers adapted popular paintings and cartoons for the stereoscope.
Mr. Spencer’s Red-Letter Day
Everyone experiences, at least once in their professional life, some memorable occasion, some momentous event that changes, helps or furthers their career. For the amateur stereo photographer Mr. Spencer in our story, this red-letter day took place on May 10th 1897.
What is Stereoscopy and Why is it Important to Photography Today?
The article 'What is Stereoscopy and Why is it Important to Photography Today?' is now available.
Minuta Stereo: New Pinhole Stereoscopic (3-D) Camera – Kickstarter Launched
A Kickstarter campaign has been launched today for the Minuta Stereo camera by Oczkostereo, aimed at bringing the magic of stereo photography back to a wider audience.
The Rugged Path
This short post will be about another image of the “genre” kind which was turned into a stereo card. The publishers were the Gaudin brothers to whom I am very partial since they were the subject of the very first book devoted to the history of photography I wrote (in French).
Keystone View Company
The Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. by amateur photographer B. L. Singley (Benneville Lloyd Singley). The trade list at the end of 1892 consisted of only a hundred titles but by 1940 they had commercially produced more than 40,000 titles.
1940s England Glass Negative Stereoscopic (3-D) Photographs
I set about scanning and digitally cleaning a little collection of unknown glass negative stereoviews, with a nice surprise!!
The Florence Nightingale Museum Announces New Online Event
The Florence Nightingale Museum have just announced that they are hosting Denis Pellerin, from the London Stereoscopic Archive, to give a Zoom talk entitled 'The Mysteries Behind Florence Nightingale's Iconic Photographs'. The talk will take place on Saturday 12th December at 3pm GMT.
The Classic Platform: A New Online Resource for Photographic History.
The Classic Photo Magazine have recently launched their new online resource 'The Classic Platform' which features a number of fascinating photographic and stereoscopic history articles and papers which they can't fit into their twice-yearly magazine.
The Stereoscopy Blog 