Proud Galleries in collaboration with Brian May’s London Stereoscopic Company present STEREOSCOPY IS GOOD FOR YOU: LIFE IN 3-D 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. 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 worked with my “great accomplice” Denis Pellerin, spending hours and hours editing the images into a format which would be both beautiful and comfortable to look at.’ I think without a doubt the fact that we have these cameras [on our phones] with us day in and day out changes the nature of photography. I think we have a yearning for the old ways.

Stereoscopy Is Good For You - Life in 3-D - LSC Official

BRIAN MAY Full Speech to Contributors “Stereoscopy Is Good For You” 02/11/2022 – side fill – clip by Andrea Botto 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. 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. 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.”’This long-awaited book is now heading towards release. All of you in our stereoscopic community know all about this – but I’m hoping to reach a million table-tips with this one – the work of a small army of artists that I’m so proud of !! Details to follow !!! Wait til you see the cover image – courtesy of Jane Sabini – in 3-D !!! The 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 ! 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. Edited by Brian, the book contains the work of over 100 21st-century stereoscopic photographers from around the world during the COVID years. A wondrous immersive exhibition celebrating the magic of stereoscopic 3-D photography in the 21st Century

Stereoscopy Is Good for You: Life in 3-D - Goodreads

It’s amazing – I feel a little bit lost for words – I was quite nervous . My Press night last night – that’s where I’m sort of speaking to people who don’t know what stereo is…Tonight I‘m speaking to a room full of of experts in stereoscopy – right?! So I have to be really careful! The book credits Charles Wheatstone as the inventor of the stereoscope. “He was denied his proper place, other people claimed that they had invented it, and some of those falsehoods survived until quite recently,” said May. The book sets the record straight, he added. The instruments were advertised in the Times “at unprecedented low prices”, starting at sixpence, under the heading “No home without a stereoscope”. Cards were given away with magazines and circulated through special libraries. 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. Brian is steeped in the history of stereoscopic photography. We wondered, if push came to shove, who is his favourite exponent?But I think the book is such an important statement – I mean I wanted to make sure that everyone of you, to begin with, has a copy of the book. If you don’t have a copy of the book, we will sort that okay – but I hope you enjoy your copies.