Stereoscopy is Good For You: Life in 3-D

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The images were of two photographs of the same subject, taken from viewpoints about the same distance apart as human eyes. By looking at these images through the stereoscope, the two pictures appeared as one 3D image.

Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography

I now have an indelible disposition to look at scenes and see them “properly” in stereo. A lot of people go through almost their whole lives without realising they have this wonderful depth of perception. My job as the stereoscopic evangelist is to go, “No, there is a way you can transform your pictures into a format that will enable you to enjoy them forever as you did at the time of capture.”’ Proud Galleries in collaboration with Brian May’s London Stereoscopic Company present STEREOSCOPY IS GOOD FOR YOU: LIFE IN 3-D A wondrous immersive exhibition celebrating the magic of stereoscopic 3-D photography in the 21st Century Edited by Brian, the book contains the work of over 100 21st-century stereoscopic photographers from around the world during the COVID years. As part of the promotion for Brian'sforthcoming bookStereoscopyIs Good For You: Life in 3-D, a leadingLondon photography gallery shallruna five monthexhibition,showcasing some of the captivatingimagery.To be honest, yes, I didn’t realise how far the message had got. As I say in the introduction to the book, this is a kind of evangelical effort. I still believe we can properly put stereoscopy on the map.

Brian May: “Stereoscopy Is Good For You” – Book Signing

Brian May will make an appearance at his London Stereoscopic Company shop located in the prestigious PROUD photography gallery, Charing Cross, to do his first book signing since the Covid pandemic.I’m thrilled that London’s prestigious PROUD gallery will be hosting our exhibition for a massive FIVE MONTHS. The stars seem to be aligning —- this is IT !“Stereoscopy Is Good For You” will put 3-D firmly on the map in 2022 !”

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May, who has a PhD in astrophysics, is in the process of acquiring another set of images that will make his collection of stereos the biggest in the world. He is transferring all of them into the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy. Then downstairs is Queen in 3-D, encompassing not just being with Queen on and off the road, but my history with 3-D. I can’t wait to see how people react to this. I’m blown away by the fact that you guys came all came from so far from all over the world to actually be here with us tonight. It’s incredible to have all these fantastic faces that I’ve never seen before – lots of faces I have seen before – lots of work that I’ve seen before – and I’ve …and we’re all in one room, finally together. May earned a PhD in astrophysics in 2007 and is currently the chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.Working on this project, I learned all over again that the photographs we take say a lot more about US than the subject we capture. Viewing the stereoscopic work of others, we find ourselves completely transported to the place and time when their picture was taken. We are analogue creatures. We’ve gone into this digital world, but there’s always a bit of discomfort about it. You’re looking at approximations to analogue waveforms in sound and also in vision. We have a yearning to hear things from a vinyl record, because there’s something in your head which just loves that smoothness of a real analogue signal. I did a design to turn an iPhone into a stereo camera instantly,’ he reveals, ‘but nobody took me up on it. Yes, we now have the crowdfunded Qoocam, which is a nice stereo stills and movie camera, but it would be nice to have something built into phones. For this book, we put out an invitation to this global community to send us their stereoscopic memories of life during the Covid Years.

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I want to 3-D: stereoscopic images that come alive in Brian May’s book and exhibition from Andrew Lauren, New YorkThe range of subjects in these entirely new stereo pictures is immense, the contributors finding inspiration in Nature, people, pets, architecture, the sky above, and much more. This book is set to become a lasting testament to the evocative power of3-D photography, reinforcing our unshakeable conviction that Stereoscopy is Good For You !