STEREOGRAPHS
"Stereoscopics" through its role as an effective aide-mémoire documents Life and Depth in the habitat diorama. The virtual dimensional effect obtained by stereoscopy makes for a most intimate and haptic visual experience.
Queen Victoria visited the World's Fair in London in 1851 and was so entranced by the stereoscopes on display that she precipitated an enthusiasm for three-dimensional photography that soon made it a popular form of entertainment world-wide.
Photographs have performed important cultural work as an aide de memoir, the effect looking through a stereoscope makes for a most intimate and private experience.
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Annick Debaillie - Belgium
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Stereoscopy captures scenes from two points of view, these two pictures (a stereo pair) contain all the information needed to recreate the depth of the original scene, but they must be presented simultaneously to your eyes, properly sized and aligned. Various methods have been designed for viewing a stereo pair, with viewing device such as the stereoscope.
The most prolific maker of stereo views was probably the London Stereoscope Company, founded in the early 1850s. It produced hundreds of thousands of views, as well as some portraits. Its peak was the 1850s, which was the height of the stereoscope craze in the United Kingdom. The company remained strong through the next few decades before fizzling in the 1920s. It has since reopened, with its new owners making an attempt to reintroduce the popularity of stereoscopes into today’s digital world.
