Photo Historian Denis Pellerin found a name written on the back of a portrait stereoview and shares the discoveries he's made about the Victorian man in the image.
Tag: stereoview
Using a Nintendo 3DS as a Stereoscopic (3-D) Camera and Viewer
How you can use a Nintendo 3DS to make and view stereoscopic 3-D images without glasses.
An Amateur Stereo Photographer from Manchester
Photo Historian Denis Pellerin rediscovers a Victorian stereo-photographer from Manchester and writes about the information he's unearthed whilst researching him and his family.
Faces from the Past
The Stereoscopy Blog is excited to bring you our first of many posts by photo historian, life-long stereoscopy enthusiast and Director of Dr. Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company, Denis Pellerin. In this post he describes his most recent purchase of a stereoview of two sisters, his research into it and the story about them. It gives an insight into how he thoroughly researches each image for his excellent talks, articles and books.
Making Stereoscopic (3-D) Ghost Photographs
A tutorial to explain how you can make your own spook-tacular 3-D ghost stereoviews using digital and analogue cameras as well as Photoshop and other photo-editing software or apps...all in the 'spirit' of stereophotography.
Roger Fenton’s 1850’s British Museum Stereoscopic (3-D) Photographs
The British Museum announced yesterday that it will finally be reopening on the 27th August 2020 after its longest peacetime closure since opening its doors in 1759 (pre-booking is necessary to visit, please see the BM's website for details). To celebrate I thought I'd write a post about the stereographs of the British Museum taken by Roger Fenton in the 1850s.
Happy Caturday: Cats in (Stereoscopic) 3-D
For a crazy cat person every single day is Caturday so let's celebrate our feline friends in stereoscopic 3-D!
The Stereo Window: Tutorial
I'm sure if you've been making stereoviews that at some point you've heard about the 'stereo window', either cursing it yourself for the close tree branch crossing two edges or hearing someone else declaring a window violation and looking rather smug for spotting it. This guide is an introduction to this Stereo Window.
Through the Eyes of Amateurs: 1960s York in 3-D, Part 1
These 1960s stereoviews are from a box of about 30 stereo realist slides which someone didn't know what to do with (when you're a stereoscopy nut with quite a niche interest these things have a habit of finding their way to you!). We're going to explore them!
1910s Stereoscopic (3-D) Wedding Party
These stereoviews were in a set of 15 which were originally made in France in the 1910s. The mounts show they were taken by a photographer with a studio in Paris and the clothing style shows French military uniforms as well as French fashion typical of the era. We're going to examine them and see what information we can find.
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