Stereography!

Hi, I'm Colleen Woolpert from Kalamazoo, Michigan. I first saw antique stereographs in 2000, after being a photog for 10 yrs, and shortly thereafter began shooting my own 3D pics with a Sputnik medium format analog camera. I've since invented (patented on International Women's Day, yay!) a stereoscope called the TwinScope Viewer—inspired by my twin sister's struggle w/ depth perception—for stereograph display. I make each viewer by hand, nearly 200 since 2012. That year, I also produced the first comprehensive museum exhibition on the history of stereographs ("Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection" at the Onondaga Historical Association Museum in Syracuse, NY). Today I teach workshops, give presentations, do assignment photography (usually 2D digitally, w/ a Nikon Z6ii), and create artwork, installations, and exhibitions w/ a range of media, to promote the value of multiple perspectives. I'm happy to be here and look forward to meeting you!

Welcome aboard @cwoolpert !

cwoolpert said:

a stereoscope called the TwinScope Viewer—inspired by my twin sister's struggle w/ depth perception

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Ah, finally someone who caters to us 'depth-impaired', haha!

The photo of the installation looks really nice and I love the concept of the 'merging twins' as well!

Welcome to Photrio.
A good friend of mine shares your fascination with all things 3D in photography and imaging - for many years he and his wife ran one of the most successful commercial holography businesses. His collection of 3D imaging equipment and materials is amazing. Special purpose for 3D Kodachrome movie film and projectors anyone?
You may already know of him - I'll alert him to this thread.

Welcome to Photrio, I also have a connection to Syracuse, NY and Onondaga. Had a good friend from there, though our conversations mostly were concerned with video games, 20-25 years ago.

welcome Colleen. a few months back I tried to sell my own 3D printed stereography camera adapter. I thought I could design something then get a Chinese manufacturer to make it. So I was just testing the market for a price. I will have to try again some other time because I was literally giving it away and no one on ebay would put even a tiny bid on it. So I think the main problem is the viewer. You can't sell even a funny 3D gag without some kind of viewer because cross eyed view or parallel view is apparently not everyone's cup of tea. I assume your's has a double wedge?

I just saw your "Art, Artists, and Embracing the Third Dimension" video. Very cool story! One of my goals for just being here was to somehow create images for my kids to remember this time and when I started looking into the camera adapters I thought how awesome would it be if I could make 3D stereograph cards for the kids. There is software for cropping and adjusting images side by side from single or double photos and my idea was to just have a viewer where you place the phone in front of you and you can do the cross eye or parallel view. Little did I know that we myopic people tend to have special eye twisting capabilities while everyone else is just puzzled and sort of nods back.

loccdor said:

Had a good friend from there, though our conversations mostly were concerned with video games, 20-25 years ago.

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The most important chip on the market these days, upwards of $35,000, each.