As with “On The Look Out” and “The Surprise View,” today’s stereo by James Edward Ellam (1857-1920) comes from the same early 1890s period.
But with “The First Fall,” we’ve changed seasons from high summer to winter.
The where regarding this stereo is not known, but in any part of Britain, the arrival of the first snow each year marks a significant moment in the weather cycle.
Again, the prints are sized 3″ by 2.75″ and he used a light-coloured card on which to present his stereo.
Photographically, James set himself a technical challenge to capture a 3D black and white scene in black and white.
He achieved this using a section of fencing in the immediate foreground to provide a visual trigger.
But it’s in the stereoscope that the view really comes alive with the delicate snow-covered branches caught hanging in mid-air, apparently defying gravity.
Tomorrow: “Triangle Greenhouse.”
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