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\"Pieta,<\/p>\n

Stereo photography<\/a> has existed almost since the birth of photography.\u00a0 It works on the principle that the brain perceives depth by interpreting the slight difference in views between the two eyes.\u00a0 So two photographs taken from a few inches apart, with the appropriate view seen separately by each eye, shows shape and depth.\u00a0 As a kid I loved ViewMaster reels and old-fashioned Stereoscope cards.\u00a0 Starting around 1990 I began taking my own stereo photographs.\u00a0 Using a standard 35mm camera, I would take two shots with a small lateral shift in point of view.\u00a0 As long as the subject keeps still, it is not necessary to use a camera that takes two shots simultaneously.<\/p>\n

The original photographs have hypnotic color and depth when viewed in a special viewer.\u00a0 Online, the easiest way to present them is as “anaglyphs”, for viewing with a red filter over the left eye and a cyan, blue or green filter over the right eye.\u00a0 The beautiful colors of the original images don’t survive the anaglyph conversion well, so I’ve chosen images that work well in black and white, and taken the color out.<\/p>\n

I think I have a sculptor’s eye for form and space, but I’m more interested in preserving images or experiences than in collecting or making objects.\u00a0 Stereo photographs render complex forms quite beautifully.\u00a0 The fungus shown here is bright yellow in the color version of this photo:<\/p>\n

\"Fungus,

Fungus, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s also interesting to look at structure, whether a somewhat haphazard stack of bricks, a complex steel lattice, a neoclassical dome, or medieval stonework.\u00a0 The second you may recognize as being from New York’s Jacob Javits Center, the third as the Washington State House in Olympia, and the fourth as the Cloisters Museum in Upper Manhattan.<\/p>\n

\"Bricks,

Bricks, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Framework,<\/p>\n

\"State

State House Dome, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Columns,

Columns, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

Trees are amazingly complicated forms in space, and they come in an endless variety.<\/p>\n

\"Flame

Flame Tree, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Plush

Plush Trees, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Roots,

Roots, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

All the shots in this posting are from photos I made in 1993, on 35mm color print film using a Canon AE-1 SLR, for a project to create stereo photos for use by optometrists<\/a> for eye training exercises.\u00a0 Looking at a stereo photograph, your eyes converge or diverge as your attention moves between foreground and background objects, so spending a lot of time looking at 3D images may be good for your eyesight.<\/p>\n

When I mentioned to my brother, Frank, that I was preparing a post of stereo photos, he recalled that when I used to present 3D slide shows, he had the experience afterwards of a heightened awareness of depth perception in the real world.<\/p>\n

Also interesting in stereo pictures are scenes that have pronounced perspective, seeing distant things through windows or between closer objects.<\/p>\n

\"Hilltop,

Hilltop, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rainy

Rainy Window, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Parked

Parked Cars, 1993, stereo photo by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

The compositional dynamics of a flat photograph are simple, their impact immediate and graphic.\u00a0 A stereo image is more complex.\u00a0 Looking at it, we feel we are looking through a window, perhaps into a world that has been miniaturized and frozen in time.\u00a0 The eyes caress the forms or penetrate the space of the image.\u00a0 Enjoy these images, then go out and revel in the spatial complexity of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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