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The Ghost in the
Stereoscope
In his landmark 1856 book on 3-D photography, The Stereoscope, the
optical scientist Sir David Brewster suggested:
For the purpose of amusement, the photographer may carry us even into
the realms of the supernatural. His art enables him to give a
spiritual appearance to one or more of his figures, and to exhibit
them as "thin air" amid the solid realities of the stereoscopic
picture.
The first firm to mass-market 3-D images, the London Stereoscopic
Company, published views (like the one above), entitled "The Ghost in
the Stereoscope." Produced in the late 1850s, they often carry a
printed acknowledgement of Brewster's contribution. |
