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Stereos

Stereos

Over the years Jonathan Ross has taken hundereds of stereo photographs.  

Examples of these have been placed in our 'mini' stereo site where you can view:

 

101 pieces from the holography collection, showing many of the artists, scientists, and comercial/display makers connected with the development of holography in all its forms. 

 

109 pieces from the 19th Century Stereographs Collection.  Some fine examples of this early 3D imaging technique.

 

Stereo views of artists included in the 3x8+1 exhibition catalogue

 

Photo of Jonathan Ross © Gaynor Perry

 

 

 

 

Just some of the stereo viewers in the collection.

 

A helpful source of information on "Freeviewing" stereoscopic images, and on viewers for use with computers

ww.shortcourses.com/stereo/stereo1-7.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stereoviews of Holographers

Stereoviews of Holographers

Delegates at Art in Holography 2, Nottingham University, England, September 1996. Click on the image to enlarge. Other images from the conference can be found via the "Part 2" link below.

 

During the 1990s and into the 21st century I used a 4-lens Nimslo camera, originally intended for making lenticular prints, to make stereo pairs of my colleagues in the world of holography. I made prints from the outside two (of four) images  and mounted them on card. I scanned these later. Holograms by many of the individuals pictured appear in the collection.

Jonathan Ross, July 2025.

 

The links below take you to a collection of rich pdf documents (which open in a new window), containing 127 stereo images of holographers in their studios, exhibitions and while attending international conferences and events.

 

PART 1, 1991 -1993

Margaret Benyon, one of the 4 British Holographers. Smith’s Gallery March 1992

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2zfnqm1p82c4ui1xanjtf/TRAVELS-WITH-MY-NIMSLO-PART-1.pdf?rlkey=9p9nvooulfnw2kk46dm90zw3k&st=awglxleo&dl=0

 

 

PART 2, 1994-1998

Harriet Casdin-Silver with one of her “hermaphrodite” holograms. Lake Forest, July 1994.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7fhw71v8pydy81ir4vjdk/TRAVELS-WITH-MY-NIMSLO-PART-2.pdf?rlkey=jjyyimcbz1soyhznti08f6ace&st=jie3xoba&dl=0

 

 

PART 3  21st CENTURY

Ana Maria Nicholson, Holocenter, New York 16.1.00.
Photographed with a couple of her pulse laser holograms

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i9tuoog3219hfjqklezct/TRAVELS-WITH-MY-NIMSLO-PART-3.pdf?rlkey=g3r8kay94xbrwo08cuub9vrib&st=zk89g6mf&dl=0

 

Stereos - an Introduction

Photo of Jonathan Ross © Gaynor Perry

 

Over the years Jonathan Ross has taken hundreds of stereo photographs.  

Examples of these include:

A collection containing 127 stereo images of holographers in their studios, exhibitions and while attending international conferences and events.

You you may also like to visit the Stereo Collection website which features a huge collection of stereo views (not related to holography).

 

 

In June 2024 a new site was launched to highlight stereoviews in the collection.

www.jrstereocollection.com

Jonathan is digitising and cataloguing more examples in his stereoviews collection to make an dedicated resource on this new website.

A wide range of photographers are presented with extensive images and notes about their work.
The site also includes links to other Stereo and Stereoview resources.
It is an ongoing project which will be updated over the following months/years.

 

 

 

Article by Jonathan Ross about Michael Burrs for The Stereosite.

"Michael Burr was one of the most prolific photographers of staged genre stereoviews in the Victorian era. Following in the footsteps of masters like James Elliott and Alfred Silvester and frequently adapting the themes of other popular photographers, this Birmingham based entrepreneur created a catalogue estimated at over 1,000 images during a period from 1862  to the mid 1870s and evidently sold his work in large quantities as there are so many of his stereoviews still surviving."

Read more here:

https://stereosite.com/collecting/stereoviews/michael-burrs-favourite-model/

Just some of the stereo viewers in the collection.

A helpful source of information on "Freeviewing" stereoscopic images, and on viewers for use with computers

ww.shortcourses.com/stereo/stereo1-7.html

 

 

Display Collection

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An Invitation

The Jonathan Ross Hologram Collection website was launched in 2005 and redesigned in 2013.

The new format has scope for lots more material so I would like to invite all the holographers whose work is featured here to submit background information, stories and images to supplement those I have provided. That way we can work together to make this the best resource on holographic imaging to be found on the web.

 

In March 2025 we moved our site to a cloud-based, green web, hosting service. It is committed to the use of renewable energy and offsets more carbon emissions than it produces.

About the Collection

The Jonathan Ross Hologram Collection, based in London, UK, is one of the largest resources in the world for creative, display and commercial holography.

A number of touring exhibitions, containing work from the collection, have been presented in outstanding museums and galleries both within the UK and abroad. Information about new acquisitions and exhibitions is added here on a regular basis.  

 

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