A very Happy Easter to all !!
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To wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day I have chosen this unusual “Polyscopic Photograph” from the Archive, showing in one single image four popular spots from the Killarney area. Have a great St. Patrick’s Day everyone and raise your glass to our Irish friends from all over the world !

Women of Photography Join us to celebrate the contributions of women practitioners to the history and living present of photography.

Today, you can join Rebecca online at 12.49pm GMT for the free talk ‘Unexpectedly Unearthing Three Victorian Female Stereoscopic Photographers’ as part of The Women of Photography Conference-A-Thon. For details and to register, please visit: womenofphoto.com

To celebrate International Women's Day 2026, Denis gave a presentation on women photographers and photo interepreters during WW2 as part of a three day conference in Portugal entitled 'Shifting the Frame: Women’s Photographic Practices (1840-1960)'.

To celebrate International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8th BMAS Rebecca will be part of the free online Women of Photography Conference-A-Thon, talking about three women stereo photographers that were discovered in the Archive over the past couple of years. Please see womenofphoto.com

In 2023 we collaborated with the Griffith Institute for a 3-D presentation & they have just published “Seeing in Three Dimensions: Stereoscopic Images and the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive”: tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/seei...
Photos reproduced with permission of the Griffith Institute.

Our latest online talk ... 'Exchanging Stereoscopic Views' with Rebecca Sharpe of the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy and Julie Gibb of National Museums Scotland ... is now available to view.

Highly recommended.

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Or via link in bio.

RPS Historical Group 3-D Talk 'Exchanging Stereoscopic Views' by BMAS's Rebecca Sharpe and National Museums Scotland's Julie Gibb.
This is a photo of Rebecca during the online talk under supervision.
A recording of last night's presentation will be available from @rpshistgroup.bsky.social soon.

ASTROFEST: THE AFTERMATH. There is still work to be done, like dishwashing the 800 odd pairs of 3-D glasses used on Friday. This is a spatial photograph of Dishwasher Load #6. Not as interesting as watching far away galaxies in 3-D, I’m sure, but still part of what it takes to make the magic happen.

AstroFest 2026. Minutes before the official photo shoot on Friday Derek Ward-Thompson, Sir Brian May and J.P. Mestavainio have a chat with author and journalist Dr. Stuart Clark, one of the conference hosts. iPhone Spatial photos, c.Denis Pellerin.

AstroFest 2026. The three authors of the Islands in Infinity book – from right to left Derek Ward Thompson, Sir Brian May and J. P. Metsavainio – are proudly posing with the deluxe edition of their book, a few hours before giving a 3-D talk on Galaxies. Acer Spatiallabs Eyes photos, c.Denis Pellerin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR CHARLES !! Today we are celebrating the 224th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the Stereoscope, Sir Charles Wheatstone (Barnwood, 6 Feb 1802 – Paris, 19 Oct 1875). Since he is also the inventor of the Concertina, today is Concertina Day too, all over the world.

FREE ONLINE TALK. Join BMAS Rebecca Sharpe and Julie Gibb, from National Museums Scotland, on Feb 10th at 7pm GMT for a free online RPS Historical Group talk, examining the Stereoscopic Exchange Club and the United Stereoscopic Society.
To register: events.rps.org/en/g/z9tTjH8...

Happy New Year to all the people who have followed the BMAS social media posts and to all those who are genuinely interested in stereoscopy, in the amazing people it makes us meet and the wonderful places it takes us to, virtually and/or literally. Take care !!

We were at Long Compton, Warks., on Saturday, at the invitation of the Visual Art Group of the RPS, to give a 3-D talk and some hands-on expericence of Stereoscopy, thanks to our handling collection. Our warmest thanks to the organisers for inviting us and for the attendants for their appreciation.

'Visual Arts in the Stereoscope: An Overview', in-person 3-D talk and workshop.
Join us with the the RPS Visual Art Group on 22 Nov at Long Compton, UK, from 2-4.30p.m. There will be a 3-D talk first, followed by a demonstration on stereoscopic photography.
events.rps.org/en/visual-ar...

THANK YOU to everyone who attended our 3-D talk last night. It was a real pleasure to speak in front of such a great audience and we sincerely hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. See you soon, online or in-person, for other 3-D talks. All the best from Denis and Rebecca !!
#Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !! The photos in this post were at Camden Place, where Napoleon III died on 9 Jan 1873 & where we gave an in-person 3-D talk. Congratulations to the volunteers who did the decoratin ! Don’t forget tonight's online Halloween 3-D talk tonight at 6pm GMT: us06web.zoom.us/j/3736231510...

At Camden Place, Chislehurst: “Napoleon III and his time in the Stereoscope” in the very place where the Imperial family of France spent their exile & Napoleon III breathed his last. It was such an honour to be able to share 3-D images in such glorious settings with the packed audience of all ages.

FREE ONLINE HALLOWEEN 3D TALK. If your “Trick or Treat” days are over but you still want to celebrate Halloween, why don’t you join us on Zoom, 31st Oct. at 6pm GMT, for a 3D talk about witches, ghosts, skeletons and little devils, with a few pumkins thrown in? us06web.zoom.us/j/3736231510...

FREE ONLINE HALLOWEEN 3D TALK. If your “Trick or Treat” days are over but you still want to celebrate Halloween, why don’t you join us on Zoom, 31st Oct. at 6pm GMT, for a 3D talk about witches, ghosts, skeletons and little devils, with a few pumkins thrown in? us06web.zoom.us/j/3736231510...

Special shoutout to the Wheatstone Wind Fiddle (h/t @mcmwright.bsky.social), which is what happens when a violin and a concertina get very friendly indeed.

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#OTD Wheatstone was also a pioneer of the telegraph, inventor of the Wheatstone concertina and more. NMS's Communicate gallery has several items on display, and there's more in store (search Wheatstone here www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...) #histSTM

150 years ago, Sir Charles Wheatstone died in a hotel room in Paris surrounded by his family & friends.
Let’s celebrate the inventor of the Stereoscope (and of many other things) in the hope that we can do something in the near future to honour him properly. www.charleswheatstone.com
#Wheatstone150

REMINDER ! Photo historian Denis Pellerin, from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy will be giving an in-person 3-D talk at Camden Place, Chislehurst, on Wednesday 29 October at 2.00 p.m. Tickets can be obtained from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/napoleon-i...

Hello Roger, you can find direct contact details on www.stereoscopyday.com

REMINDER ! There will be a free online 3-D talk on Sat. 18 Oct 2025 at 4p.m. BST to celebrate the achievements of British polymath & unsung genius, Sir Charles Wheatstone, the inventor of the Stereoscope, & commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charles-wh...

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For the 150th anniversary of the death of Sir Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the Stereoscope, the LSC is offering a discount on “Stereoscopy: Dawn of 3-D”, all about the 1st 30 years of Stereoscopy. The book puts to rest perpetual myths about the first years of stereoscopy. shop.londonstereo.com.

NAPOLEON III AND HIS TIME IN THE STEREOSCOPE: In-person 3-D talk.
From Camden Place, the place where Napoleon III died, photo historian Denis Pellerin, from BMAS, will take you on a three dimensional journey through the time of Emperor Napoleon III.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/napoleon-i...