This week’s Stereoscopy Day, an international celebration of stereoscopic 3D, is a wonderful opportunity for enthusiasts to share their passion for this form of photography.
21st June marks the anniversary of the day in 1838 when Sir Charles Wheatstone shared his revolutionary reflecting telescope with the Royal Society of London and demonstrated his theory of binocular vision.
In the past 12 months, my own collection of stereocards has grown in size as examples by commercial publishers and amateur photographers have come to my attention.
I’ve picked out a number of highlights with the accompanying Pressphotoman blogpost where you can learn more about each one.
It starts with what was a chance discovery: a card by George Washington Wilson of Aberdeen that is now the oldest in my collection.
The second card comes from a collection created at the turn of the 20th century by the model toy designer and entrepreneur W. J. Bassett-Lowke (1877-1953) of Northampton, England.
The final card comes from the ‘B-P or Best-Popular’ series published around 1900 by William Tylar of Birmingham, England.
Stereoscopy Day organised by Denis Pellerin and Rebecca Sharpe of the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy has an interesting programme of events.
Enjoy.
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