Stereo photography is a process by which the illusion of depth or 3D can be achieved by superimposing two photographs taken at the same time from slightly different viewpoints.
Just as stereo music adds depth and realism to the sounds we are hearing, stereo photography adds depth and dimension to images we are viewing.
The process, which was very popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s used a camera with two lenses, side by side, like the one beside John Connon in the photograph to the right, to create two negatives depicting the same scene.
At our second sesson we will discuss why this kind of imagine making was important back then, what it provides us in terms of our deep map exploration of the 1904 Fair and we will also discover how this stereo imaging technology has progressed since 1904 and what is coming down to us in the near future.