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DAY 52 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Stereoscopic Photography
A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT
Beginning in the 1850s and remaining wildly popular into the early 20th century, stereography created an optical illusion that provided the viewer with a three-dimensional image. The method involved using two cameras mounted side by side (roughly 2 1/2 inches apart—the average space between human eyes) to simultaneously take “duplicate” exposures of a subject and then printing the two images side by side. When viewed with a device called a stereoscope, the pictures appeared to merge together, resulting in the three-dimensional effect.
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