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stereograph

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ster·e·o·graph  (str--grf, stîr-)
n.
Two stereoscopic pictures or one picture with two superposed stereoscopic images, designed to give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or special glasses.
tr.v. ster·e·o·graphed, ster·e·o·graph·ing, ster·e·o·graphs
To make a stereographic picture of.

stereograph [ˈstɛrɪəˌgræf -ˌgrɑːf ˈstɪər-]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) two almost identical pictures, or one special picture, that when viewed through special glasses or a stereoscope form a single three-dimensional image Also called stereogram


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Bryan White, a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and NSA (National Stereoscopic Association), shot the stereographs at Prelude Lake on the Ingrain Trail near Yellowknife, NWT, Canada with a pair of Olympics OM2 cameras mostly using Fugi Provia film.
Writing of the stereograph and photograph in 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes fantasized about a worldwide collection of images, a global visual library in which each image, "in order to render comparison of similar objects," would be taken and viewed under the same conditions.
Along with the gelatin silver prints that account for the majority of the images, some of the historic processes on display include daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, albumen prints, cabinet cards, stereographs, photograms, cartes-de-visite, carbon prints, boudoir cards, platinum prints, and Fresson prints.
 
 
 
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