A tasto of the lato *asthrough tho oarly '60s fwnd in amatour storm nlid~e I their western outfits make for name "Tommy". Mr. Ramsey had some cute and entertaining stereo no other information about the owboys (and cowgirls too) slides from that era. slide, but he knew it was just the were popular in movies and Our fmt image this issue was kind of classic image that we love TV shows in the 50s, and chil- provided by Mr. James Rarnsey in to feature in this column. That's dren imitated their western heroes West Virginia, who found it in an quite a hat the boy is wearing! during games of cowboys and accumulation of older Realist (Possibly influenced by the Cisco Indians. Along with toy guns, hol- slides. It was shot on Kodachrome Kid TV show?) sters and tomahawks, costumes film, and the chips are attached to Our second slide, also from an that allowed fans to dress up like a Realist heat-seal paper mask unknown photographer, was shot their favorite western characters which was then mounted in glass on Kodachrome film and mounted were sold at dime stores, toy stores and sealed around the edges with in a Realist Permamount. The date and department stores. Children in red tape. The date "3150" is written 3/12/54 is written on the label, on the slide label, along with the along with the caption "A couple of Montana bad men, Superior, Montn. These boys' outfits aren't quite as fancy, but I like the "cow- boy attituden visible in their eyes! ..,,- lhis slide was in fact shown in the artlcle "Goo and the Stereo Rsellst Permmount" [SW Vol. 28 No. 31 as an example of how the r&hesiw on the Permamount label often eventually migrated out onto the glass and obscured the mount's sharp edges. This Pemamount definitely had to be taken apart to get a clean of these film chips! 00 &&.

1 with a fondtk?SSfor 1950s-wc styling, design and dmby sharing amateu stereo slides shot in the "golden age" of the Stereo Realist--the late 1940s through the ear& 1960s. From dothing and hairstyles to 1 home decor to modes of transportation, th frozen moments of time show what things were really like in the middle of the twentieth century. If you've found a chic 50s-era slid that you would like to share thmgh this cdumn, please send it to: Fifties Flavored Finds, 561 0 SE 71st, Portland, OR 97206. As space allows, we will select a couple of images to reproduce in each issue. This is no a contest-just a place to share and enjoy. Please limit your submission to a single slide. If the subject, date, location, photographer other details are known, please send that along too, but we'll understand if it's not available. Please include return postage with I mrslide. Slides will be returned within 6 toI A P~#l~lrnl#nn181 National Stereoscopic as so cia ti^

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NSA Board of Direct( Larry Moor, Cho~rmon Andy Griscom Dieter Lorenz Russell Norton Puge 13 Page 14 Page 31 Richard Twichell Bill C. Walton la E. Wr~ght \ Officers :aufman, Presid A Note to the Membership Mary Ann Sell, Vice Presid,,,,, Dean Kamin, Vice President, Am ctivitier Regarding the Oliver Wendell Holmes Larry H~ss,Secretory William Moll, Treasurer Stereoscopic Research Library Stereo World Star 2 Editor's View John llennis, Editor Comments and Thank You! I.awrence Kaufnnan, Contributi?g Editor Observations Ray Zone, Contributing Editor by /ohn Dennis Professor William E. James Mark Wi Ilke, Art Dlrector -,. . ,ylvla uennls,- Subscr~ptionM anager by Randolph I. lames (great grandson) lnoger Don R. Cibbs , Bock Issues Mc Hot Miami! Cool 3-D! 26 The Society 32nd Annual NSA Convention - July 11 -17,2006 How to Keach I News from the NSA hdembership Stereoscopic by Bill Moll (NPWm~mh?rrll,pr. r~nrwnli k nddrcr Society of America P.O. Box 867015, Portland, OR by Ray Zone Analog Stereo Questio~ns Concerni Magic Without a Mouse Stereo WOI-Id Subscript by Kenneth Snelson P.0 Box 8670,B, Portland, OF e-mail str,#ld@teleportt or larrytitkcr(~~y,itioo_to 28 NeNiews Meet the Flockers Current Information Ttereo World Back Issue !Service on Stereo Today Documenting the Morro Bay Estuary (Wril? for ovoiIoh!!ily k pnipr by David Starkman with Hyperstereo Photography hISA, 23575 C.R . 77, Calhan, C10 80808 61 /ohn Dennis -.------. - - Stereos and captions by Abe Perlstein Stereo World Editorial Office Text by Abe Perlstein and Ray Zone (lrllrrr la the i-dllor, on!<1r.i Ei coli'ndor !irtmqr) 561 0 SE 71 st Ave., Portland, OR 97206 (503) 771 -4440 Luther Askeland, 1941-2006 e-mail: [email protected] 32 Classified - Buy, Sell, or Bulls and Ghosts: 3-D Film Director Stereo World Adverti! Trade It Here (C1orvfii.d Fi djspby oh) Richard Fleischer, 1917-2006 5610 SE 71st Ave., Portland, C (503) 771-4440 e-mail: xtyldCteleportrt A Bit of 4-D in Atlanta (lor~rfllvrrc Ei niiilion odcJ by David Starkman leffrey Kraus PO Box 99, Modena, NY 1251 ""5) 255-791 3 r~aus@hmo

srerea World(lSSN 0191-4030) is puh- NS,A Regions lhshed h~monthlyby the National Please contact your re tonal Director Stereoscap~cAssoclatlon, Inc , PO Box 1.. -'. .- - . - - ror Inrormauon about?ocal e vriio. Ul 86708. Portland, OR 97286. Enllre NSA act~vitic,s See current list at: contents 2'2006, all riqhtr reserved. Front Cover: httpxstereovleworgjaboutr ~sa.html Mnterlal In th15 puhl~cat~onmay not be rrproduced w~thoutwrltteti per- "Great Egret, OffBaywood" by Abe Perlstein is just one of the outstanding views in mlsrlon ol Iht- N5A. Inc. Pr~ntedin USA his feature "Meet the Flockers: Documenting the Morro Bay Estuary With Hyper- ~tereoscopicSociety of r A ruhur~pt~onto ilpr?o World 1s part 3-D," A!i,l!ol~d will^ 11113 Nol!nnoI Slrrm~roplr of N5A mrmhership. stereo Photography". His exhibit "Discover the Estuary in con be seen ot the Les Gehman, Membersh~pSI Annual membership dues: Morro Bay Estuary Visitor Center, where it shares in depth the marvels of this rare 736 Rochdale Dr, Fort Coll~ns, $32 tli~rrlclasr US, $44 first class US, and pristine California coastal wetland. (970) 282-9899 '644 all ~nternat~onalmemberrh~pr. e-mall IesCgehman~ Annual memberrh~psinclude six Issues Back Cover: -- - of SIereo World a plastic lorqnette viewer, and a membersh~pdire60ry This 1868 view of stereographer William .E. lames (right) and his photo wagon in Stereo World on the \ Member, Prospect Park, Brooklyn is from the article "Professor William E. lames" by his great www.steremiew_og InternotionalSrereorcop ic Union grandson, NSA member Randolph I. lames. Comments and Observations EDITORSWE w ]ohn Dennis

RENEW! ly wishing the situation had been arrangement having been identi- for the End of Your World described sooner, allowing time for fied in the meantime. their input. Facing the same dilemma for the is at Hand ... In fact, discussions about the third time, the NSA Board of Direc- hat is, if you're among those possibility of dispersing the tors made a cautious and consid- few who received but haven't Holmes Library collection started ered decision to close the Library Tyet responded to a recent just two years after it was estab- and disburse the collection, but Renewal letter and if "00" appears lished in 1979 and had to move proceeded without an invitation in in the center of the top line of the from the Canton (OH) Art insti- Stereo World for comments and address label of the envelope con- tute. Thanks to Bill Zulker of East- ideas from members. While taining this issue. Misplace the ern College in St. Davids, PA, the undoubtedly simpler, faster, more form? Don't worry, we still love Library was provided space of its efficient and within the rules of you-just send us a note with your own in 1982 with generous facili- the organization, that expedient current address along with a check ties where both college staff and resulted in some precipitous con- for $32 (basic U.S. bulk rate) or $44 NSA curators Ray and Marjorie Hol- troversy when initial, partial news (first-class or international) to NSA, stein made it a fully functioning, if of the Library's closing and disper- PO Box 86708, Portland OR 97286. not exactly crowded institution. sal reached a few members and the PayPal As indicated in a 1990 letter internet. Reactions among some Remember, both membership from Tex Treadwell, there were people of substantial passion and dues and purchases arranged concerns even then about ever knowledge concerning historical through the Book Service ST Back again finding an institution willing images and equipment ranged Issue Department (drg719@earth- to maintain the collection as a sep- from confusion to shock, hurt feel- link.net) may be paid via PayPal to: arate entity and about finding ings and dismay that the decision National Stereoscopic Association, member volunteers able and will- would have been made without strwld(~~teleport.com.As usual, we ing to staff it, should the extraordi- inviting their input. Even if every invite members to remember vari- narily ideal situation at Eastern single suggestion had turned out to be something already explored, ous fees charged to the NSA when College end. considering a possible donation at When use of the room at Eastern it would have been better for a renewal (or any other) time. College was lost in 1997, no simi- small organization that depends lar facility or curatorial arrange- completely on the good will of its Holmes Library Closing ments could be found at any membership to have invited them. Sparks Rumors, Concerns museum or university in the coun- The most intense concerns had The official announcement by try. Only the generosity of Wolf- to do with the fate of various rare NSA Board Chairman Larry Moor gang and Mary Ann Sell made it and very special stereo items in the in this issue regarding the closing possible to preserve the Library as Library's collection. While many of the Oliver Wendell Holmes a functioning research collection, views are being made available via Stereoscopic Research Library on the 2nd floor of their auto parts E-Ray (seller name OWHSRL) and a (OWHSRL) explains the basics store in Cincinnati. When that separate NSA auction during the behind the decision, but we've business closed this year, the Miami convention, the heart of heard from a few members ardent- Library's space also vanished with the collection-books, printed no acceptable alternate site or material, unique equipment etc.,

...... just a few of the view- ers in the Holmes Library collection. Stereo by Me1 Mitter- miller is going to a variety of different institutions. Sending most or all of the collec- A Note to the tion to any single museum would result in the later sale of important pieces of stereographic history that Membership Regarding didn't "fit" that institution's plans. That's why time and effort is going into negotiations with museums the Oliver Wendell Holmes all over the country to make sure each item is actually wanted for public display or research availabil- Stereoscopic Research ity. For this same reason, a com- plete list of what items have gone where does not yet exist, but will Library (OWHSRL) appear in a future issue. When the process is complete, the research wanted to write to inform the seven years, only about 80 people books and unique membership of the NSA that the visited the library and far fewer did equipment will be permanently Board has elected to disperse the any research. That is a visitation availab1e far people than I OWHSRL to museums and libraries rate of less than one person a ever visited the Libraryin " around the country. Also, some of month. Ironically, there has been year historB but unfortunately not the assets will be made available to far more passion regarding the all in one place. nFs the members through auctions to library since it was announced that be held at the annual conventions. it would be closed. Lengthy discus- This was not a decision that any- sions were carried out over many comments or questions one really wanted to make; howev- weeks and no viable solution could cerning any stereo-relate . ... We lost Our lease and the be agreed upon to assure a success- World, please wnte to john Denn~s,Stereo expense of shipping to a new loca- ful solution to the problem. World Ed~tonalOff~ce, 5610 SE 71st Ave, tion did not seem to make sense Despite much hard work by a Portland, OR 97206 considering that, over the past few people over a number of years, the library didn't become truly useful. People did not visit or take advantage of its resources. Queries from members and non-members Breaking (The Window) N~WS alike can and will continue to be answered by electronic means. The Nightmare 3-D Monster, The Glasc Web and Dial M library as a destination was an NSA dream that was never really real- im Burton's 1993 stop-motion For Murder), but also eight new ized. The Board reflected on the animated classic The NiCyl1tmare "Golden Era" titles, most of which T wisdom of our former president, Before Christmas is being digitally have not been seen in over 50 the late Tex Treadwell, and we remastered for 3-D. Industrial Light years in 3-D. In fact, two of the believe, like Tex, that the library & Magic, which worked with Dis- titles, Diamond Wizard (1954) and should not be a drain on the NSA ney on the 3-D version of Chicken Jivaro (1954) weren't shown in 3-D Little, is scanning and converting even in the 1950s! Most of the finances. Rather than raise money the film with the help of Burton other six new titles, Sangaree, Those for the library from the member- ship, it has been determined to use and Ni'yhtmore director Henry Redheads From Seattle, Taza, Son of Selick. Disney will release it for Cochise, Devil's Canyon, Wings of some of the library resources to digital 3-D projection October 20, the Hawk, and Cease Fire have not raise money to help NSA continue improving Stereo World, support 2006. been seen in 3-D since their original release our community in more advanta- World 3-D EXPO geous ways and promote the orga- Returns! Scheduled are 35 fea- nization. SabuCat Productions tures and over 20 It is the hope of the Board that will repeat the "World short subjects, includ- our membership will continue to 3-D Film Expo" of 2003 )LY ing the long lost car- have access to these resources (SW Vol. 29 No. 6, page toon, Popeye, Ace of through the ability to visit them at 40) with "World 3-D . Space, as well as their new homes, or through the Film Expo II", Septem- Hawaiian Nistereographers, but the funds can help Vincent Barone finance NSA's different goals and missions. Margaret J. Hartlett My heartfelt thanks go out to the many volunteers among you who have contributed and continue to con- Mr. & Mrs. Guenther J. Rauer tribute your time and energy to the furtherance of NSA operations, activities and goals. This is truly an associa- tion of volunteers, from the Board of Directors to the Officers to the Stereo continue to bring yo wonderful content year after year. Not the least among these volunteers are the members of the convention com- mittees, to whom any of us who have ever attended an NSA convention owe our gratitude and respect. These extravaganzas are the high- light of the 3-D year, featuring the largest stereo-related trade fair,stereo many projection hours ofprograms therL/ best and more stereo-oriented educational workshops and social events than you'll find anywhere else. Eddie & Carol Bowers and their fine committee presented Carl J. DiDonato a great convention in Pat Bauer David Elgin Dodge Irving. Veteran chair Bill Percy Baxter Rob Dome Moll and his team are setting(// Stephen M. Reisser Laurence Doyle \ Simon Bell Henry A. DuRay up for a memorable event in Miami Lionel Rening John N. Dukes for July 2006 and Dave Kesner will be in charge of the David W. Bennett John F,. Edwards joint NSAIISU 2007 Convention/Congress in Boise. Bill Kermit Berg Curtis M. Eley and Dave will need help, so if you can spare some time Stephen R. Rest David T. Emlen [email protected] Graeme Birchall A. C. Erickson or talent, contact Rill Moll at or Dave Robert Bloomberg at drdave<~ddd~hotographTJ.com.In this age of electronic Dave Esler Mark Blum James W. Farrell communications, being geographically close to the con- Walter Roerger Joseph Fedorko vention site is no longer a requirement for all of the Richard Holton Manuel D. Feldman committee positions, so even if you don't live in Florida Robert 0. Rond Neil R. Feldman Hugh N. Boroson Harold W. Fisher or Idaho, drop Rill or Dave a line. Raymond E. Roudreau To all who have helped in any way, my sincere Ron Fredrickson Eddie Rowers William 1.;. Freisleben "Thank You!" for your kind support of the Association Steven J. Braun Richard Galbraith for the coming year. To those who haven't yet con- Harvey K. Rrock Thomas A. Gentry tributed, please do consider it, whether an additional Howard Brundage Robert E. Gerrie Joseph P Bryant Mary Laura Gibbs $10 or $20 with your renewal (or at any time), or some Raymond Bryant of your time or talent. Your contribution will be greatly David C. Glick Richard E. Ruck Michael Gold appreciated. We look forward to hearing from you. William Rurkholder Seymour Gold Best regards, Valentino Ruttignol Jonathan Golden Lawrence Kaufman Paul L. Cabral Rill fir Louise Goldstein President kaufman3d(dearthlink.net 88 John W.L. Smith Marshall Gordon Ron Kriesel Donald H. Nakano Nicholas M & Marilyn A Graver Abduleleh M. Labban Scott Neal Nancy Sobottka Dennis Green Ron Labbe Harry L. Newman Paul C. Spangler Ronald M. Spielman Maurice Greeson Jan Lagendijk H. Ross Ney James K. Sprandel Ralph Gregg Lee R. Lane John J. O'Brien R. Joan Stenson George Gyurik Laurence V. Langan Rob Oechsle Charles M. Stephens Lawrence A. Haines Stephen R. Langenthal Thomas A. Panfil Albert M. Hale Mrs. Wright Langley Jordan E. Patkin Stuart Stiles Joyce M. St. John Robert Halik Elaine J. Lappe Norman B. Patterson Kenneth Hamilton Thomas E. Larson Michael Pecosky Joan Story George Stover Ernest 11. Harfst Paul Levans Albert Pedulla Neil J. Stroming Jim Harp Bruno Lizzi Robert J. Pelc Frost Sutherland Dwight C. Harvey John A. Loesch Kenneth S. Petche Elliott R. Swanson Dudley Henderson Tim Lohman Geoff Peters Robert R. Henderson Anthony J. Longo John Peterson E. Jack Swarthout James F. Henthorne Gary D. Lowe Gianfranco Perfetti Charles Swedlund Rory Hinnen Boyd MacNaughton Ron Perisho Richard Tester Charles J. Holland Jr. Patnara Malayaman Dr. Kevin Pernicano James G. Theivagt Peter Thorup Jay G. Horowitz Gary S. Mangiacopra Louis Prisco William J. Hotarck Allan R. Markham Jr. Don Radovich Roberta Tierney John Timberlake Marvin Housworth Jr. Ernie Rairdin Malcolm A. Todd Lester Hughes Don Raker Craig Ramby Jeffrey R. Toman James F. Ramsey Michael Travis Kelvin W Ramsey Kristina Tripp Peter Randlov T. A. Trombley Nathan Reeder Martin N. Twaddell Thomas Renn Cindy k Steve Vadnais Dean C. Reonieri Sr Robert Vance Wim Van Keulen Charley Van Pelt

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L. R. Van Vliet Dexter Richards I11 William Vaughan Harry R. Richards Louis Villella John Roberts Roger J. Vitko Steve A. Hughes E. R. Roeschlein Stephen F. Wagner MD Minoru lnaha Tom Rogers Leonard A. Walle Clarence Jackson Dr. Brian May, CRE William H. Ross Rill C. Walton Peter H. Jacobsohn Billy A. McRride Brandt Rowles Christopher Wampole Randolph James Martha A. McCann Russell Ruhlen Takashi Watabe Eric Johnson Michael McEachern G. Robert Salvi Susan Close Weber Lance A Johnson Rob McLean Mel Sams F A Peter Weiler Junious Jones Jim McManus Kenneth L. Sandel Ted Welker Norman Josephson Ken Miller Ed Sanders Paul Wells Cassandra Kaufman Raymond R. Miller Lee Schauman Owen C. Western Lawrence Kaufman Steven Miller David Schenken Ken & Ronnie Williams Kevin Keating Paul R. Milligan Thomas C. Schreffler Suzanne Williams Dennis L. Keenan Carl Mitchell Philip G. Schroeder Thomas E. Wise Jana P. Kibbe Larry S. Moor Jay R. Schumacher Ken Wright Albert King C. Jim Moore Edward R. Shaw Paul Wurzer Robert E. King Lee C. Moore Robert E. Sherwood John Yochem Ken Kistner Ruth Moore Richard J. Shields John P. Young Justalan Knecht Marilyn F. Morton Robert D. Shotsberger Joseph A. Zamoyta Louis J. Knobbe James R. Motley Al Sicherman William Zandy Jeffrey H. Kogan Thomas Mowry Alan J. Sidwar Ron Zakowski Ronald W. Kostecka Douglas F. Muir Jr. Robert Silverstone Adolph A. Zinda George J. Koster Thomas Mullaney Rolf-Joachim Skolaster Karyn Zupke Ken Kovar Sean Murphy Dragan Smekal Professor

James k!/ E. in 7880 by Houseworth. E. by Randolph I. James (great grandson) ......

illiam Evans James was born left after two years in 1857 and in Troyfa, Unvedd, Wales joined his oldest brother, David E. W and immigrated to the Unit- James who owned a very successful ed States in 1841 as a young boy of "Ambrotype House" Uames & Co.) six. He arrived in New York City in Boston, Massachusetts. He want- on the ship Bri,p. Diadem with his ed to become the third photogra- father, mother, three older brothers pher in the family, as another and two older sisters. The family older brother John E. James operat- settled down on a small farm in ed a small portrait studio in his Floyd, Oneida County, New York. home in Floyd, New York. After the usual sequence of One can only speculate where country schooling, W.E. enrolled at the three brothers received their the Whitestown Seminary in photographic training. Professor Whitestown, New York where he Charles Avery, one of the first studied science and religion. He daguerreotypists in the Central New York area frequently gave lec- Reverend Henry Ward Beecher's home library. ,'(y"' -

Broad Street, postwar Charleston April, 1865 (note milia on the left)...... olina. W.E. was hired by E. & H. T. to visit Fortress Monroe. However, Anthony & Co. of New York to 30 miles from their destination capture the event as well as several they saw a large steamer with her scenes of post-war Charleston in flag at half-mast and soon heard stereoviews. His capitalistic instinct the news of President Lincoln's was evident as he agreed to make unfortunate assassination. At extra images for Oceanrrs passen- Fortress Monroe W.E. left the gers although he made no effort to Oceanus and headed to Washing- market his Charleston views to the ton D.C. where he took views of general public. Ford's Theater, the White House On the trip back to New York and other capitol locations. He City, the Oceanlls was to anchor in also took views of Lincoln's funeral the waters of Hampton Roads giv- procession in New York City. ing the passengers an opportunity James' greatest adventure was in 1867 as a member of the Quaker No. 18 from lame's "Views of Palestine and the East" series, Tiberias encampment, City Expedition to Europe and the September 19th, 1867. .,.- -..-* .. .-.- ..... Holy Land. It has been suggested lecture services as well as a stereop- that James' passage was paid for by ticon projector of his own design the Plymouth Church in return for that would "magnify the glass stereoviews of the Holy Land that views up to 25 feet square" com- would be used in the Sunday plete with dissolver. The same School. However, he was also on Holy Land set was later published contract for A.O. Van Lennep pub- and marketed by George W. -I,--. . -r.in-. . lishers in New York City and acted Thorne of New York City. ... TIC as a correspondent for the Brooklyn Still, W.E. preferred the outdoors EIP'S Eagle during the trip that lasted and continued taking views of Lecture ticket for Prof. !A! E. lames five months. buildings, churches and other loca- lecture in San Francisco. Again, W.E. presold sets of views tions in Brooklyn; most notably of to other passengers, so all in all it Prospect Park soon after it opened. seems that James took the neces- These views were published by sary step to ensure the trip was a American Views yet many, as well very lucrative one. Another note- as his Holy Land views, were later worthy Quaker City passenger was copied and sold by bootleg pub- Mark Twain, who later wrote Inno- lishers. In the early 1870s he was cents Ahroad about the journey using some of James' stereoviews as the basis for the book's illustra- tions. Upon returning home W.E. dis- covered his wife was involved in an adulterous affair with a promi- nent lawyer in the community. This led to a very tumultuous mar- riage and he became even more focused in his work. His business grew and he moved into a large studio next door on Fulton Street. The new studio was equipped to offer a full line of photographic ~roductsand services as evidenced ...... in one of his advertisements: Backlist of "Views of Our gem photographs on porcelain Palestine and the East" are the most beautiful and permanent series. portraits of the age. The services of supe- rior artists are engaged to paint them in oil colors. Our apparatus is the most extensive of any in Brooklyn, enabling us to take portraits for the smallest lockets; . ,I' ., . ,I, I., \ Ferrotypes, Ambrotypes, Cartes-de-Visite, and photographs of all sizes up to the Imperial Vignette, mammoth and life size. Our facilities for copying are unequaled, comprising the magoscopic and solar cameras. Our rooms are fitted up with a special regard to convenience for working and ease of access; spacious reception rooms on first floor, and oper- ating rooms in the rear extension, make them all that could be desired for aged or infirm persons. He served as Vice President of the Rrooklyn Photographic Society and became even more prominent as he gave lectures at churches throughout the city on the Holy Land. The Holy Land series pub- lished by A.O. Van Lennep's Sun- day School Teachers' Agency in New York sold well, offering the full set of sixty glass views for $60.00. They also marketed James' It,

Quaker City passengers awaiting a visit from the Emperor of Russia, August, 1867. 1 ...... I under contract with Alfred Walker I Thomas Houseworth & Co. in San who published a series of views of Francisco, traveling and taking Utica, New York. stereoviews of locations through- In 1873, W.E. moved to Missouri out California. where he established residency and He took a short res~itefrom his obtained a divorce. He opened a work with ~ouseworihand joined small studio there and also did the J.M. Hutchings Expedition in contract work for Boehl & Koenig 1875 as the photographer. He took with some of his stereoview work views throughout ~osemiteValley published as part of the "Views of and the Mt. Whitney area. At the St. Louis & Vicinity" series. After time, Houseworth's studio was obtaining his divorce he came to located at 12 Montgomery Street California by train in 1874 and in San Francisco just a few blocks immediately began working for from Hutchings' office. Perhaps Hutchings dropped in one day and W E. and his photo wagon in Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1868. ti! , . 4, (( I . : !1;'; . ,. '*.is 'I!, ';,

W E. (left) seated in a Rustic Arbor in Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1868...... inquired about the availability of was a good match of photographer an outdoor photographer for his and a successful expedition. Unfor- upcoming expedition. tunately these views have only Both were religious men and shown up in private collections popular lecturers in the San Fran- and were not published for the cisco area. W.E. may have heard of general public. Hutchings' plans while attending Prof. James gave "entertaining his "Illustrated Sermon" at the and instructive Illustrated Lec- Union Hall on March 22, 1874 and tures" throughout the San Francis- offered his services; for a price of co area (1874-86). His lectures were course. Or perhaps Hutchings well attended and were advertised attended one of James' lectures on as "using a powerful steriopticon, his travels and was impressed with of his own manufacture, showing his photographic skills, wit, and his views 20 feet square, brilliantly worldly knowledge. At any rate, it ...... W E. photographing Houseworth 7 879. Petrified Forest, Arizona 1 883. illuminated by the Drummond area but again these views appear Light. They are not magic lantern to have been unpublished, show- views, or imaginary scenes, but ing up on plain orange mounts actual photographs, taken by him- and "untitled" orange Taber self, and will comprise views in mounts. Palestine, Syria, Europe together He moved to Santa Cruz perma- with California scenery." nently in 1886 and took over the W.E. left Houseworth & Co. in old Reese photography studio; a 1881 and began working at I.W. gift from his father-in-law. Unfor- Taber studio doing mostly portrait tunately his health prevented him photography and on occasion from making any serious attempt some stereo work. He married for a at operating a successful studio. He second time to Leonora King of died on April I lth, 1887 at the age Santa Cruz in February, 1883. His of 52 leaving a loving wife and last adventure was to Arizona to three-year-old son. visit some of Leonora's family who For more information on lived there. W.E. took a few views William E. James and the Qzraker of the Petrified Forest and other City excursion and how his photos Arizona locations but these were were used in Mark Twain's never published. They do show up Innocents Abroad, see "William E. on oversized orange mounts as James's Stereoscopic Views of the well as standard orange Taber Qzraker City Excursion," by Robert mounts, however they were not H. Hirst and Rrandt Rowles, Mark offered as part of the Taber catalog. Twain jozrrnal, Spring 1984. Over the next few years his Author contact: randv(~iassoc.com health was in rapid decline. He suf- r'rr'r fered constant respiratory prob- lems, which was eventually diag- nosed as consumption; known today as tuberculosis. Seeking a more agreeable climate, he fre- quently visited the seaside city of Santa Cruz located about 60 miles south of San Francisco. He contin- ued to take views of San Francisco locations and the Santa Cruz beach Hot Miami! Cool 3-D! 32nd Annual NSA Convention - July 11-17 2006 by Bill Moll ot Miami! Cool 3D! continues Large Format Slides, to evolve. This convention Larger Projector will present a wider variety of H U.S.A. Hi'qhway is a spectacular 3-D events than possibly any of 3-D slide show originally produced the previous 31 conventions. by Barber-Greene for the 1948 As explained elsewhere in this Construction Exposition and Road issue, the Oliver Wendell Holmes Show in Chicago. One-hundred Library has lost its home for the full-color stereo views capture the second time in ten years and has grandeur of America along 20,000 been closed. Some of the contents miles of highway from Broadway it on a CD. Steve Hughes is going of the Library will be donated to to Bryce Canyon, featuring narra- to repair the electronics of the pro- appropriate venues and the rest tion by Paul Harvey. [See SW Vol. jector and tune it up. Steve is also will be sold to benefit the NSA. For 11 No. 6, page 24.1 When I saw going to make scans of the original this reason, there will be a second Hi'qhway U.S.A. at the 3rd Georgia large slides. If all goes well, at auction on Thursday from 1 PM to 3DFest, I was very disappointed. Miami we will project the original 4 PM, in addition to the usual Fri- The duped 35mm slides were faded slides on the original projector day night auction. Both of these and the cassette tape sound track with restored sound! Additionally, auctions will include a range of was worn out. I mentioned my dis- we will have a quality digital ver- 3-D materials, including some of appointment to George Themelis sion of the show for loan to recip- the best stereo cards from the who told me that the original large rocating clubs. Library. slides were brilliant when shown The informal sessions on medi- Secrets of 3Discover at the 1988 Convention in Cincin- um format, vintage slides and Sony has authorized Real D to nati. I was again disappointed after other aspects of collecting and increase the number their theaters Wolfgang Sell told me that the shooting which we had at from 102 to slide projector Charleston and Irving will be con- about 500 for the I hadn't really tinued and enhanced. If you want release of Monster worked and the to contribute, contact the commit- House this sum- original sound- tee members on the Convention mer, so Lenny Lipton is going to track was on several big, black website. be hanging silver screen instead of disks- See the website at http://2006 making speeches. We are fortunate However, several talented NSA .nsa3d.org/ for the latest informa- to have as Banquet Speaker Jacques members have Come to the rescue. tion or contact Bill Moll at (706) Cote, codeveloper and head pho- Jon Golden has to 859-7726 or WHMoll(~~aol.com. tographer for 3Discover. His talk extract the soundtrack from the Make your plans and reservations will be based on traveling around disks, clean up the tracks and put now. See you in Miami!!! 90 the world to take tens of thousands of stereo photo- 4 graphs for the 3Discover cas- settes. He will also give a Stereo The- ater show based on his favorite images and a I workshop on what A is required to go - from a concept to a finished 3D viewer ready to sell, plus tips on 3Discover viewer I. maintenance. Magic Without a Mouse by Kenneth Snelson

n the 1930s and 40s in Pendle- my art with all kinds of tech- It took time and effort to photo- ton, Oregon where I grew up niques. graph, print and separately mount Ithere was the Snelson Camera In 1984, a few years before com- on cardboard twenty or thirty Shop that my father opened in the puters became common, I was right-eye and left-eye stereo images midst of the great depression. It photographing stereo still-life of individual objects, flowers, started as a shoestring enterprise scenes just for 3-D fun, placing sculptures, cameras, a skull, an but in time it was stocked with the random objects in some kind of ivory ball, etc. Next I arranged latest Rollieflex, Leica, Contax, order like the usual still-life setups still-life scenes including one or Plaubel Makina, Graflex, etc., plus in art studio class. several of these mounted photo- a darkroom. Dad not only did reg- With the 35mm camera mount- graphs. I used right-eye prints of ular commercial photography on ed on a back and forth shift device the objects for the right-eye frame the side but made movies, Cirkuit I'd take first the right-eye frame and then swapped them for left- camera panoramas and stereos and then shift over for the left-eye eye ones before racking the camera with his beloved Stereo Realist. picture. One setup included a hand over for the second shot of the Dad made hundreds of photo- mirror and I noticed how its reflec- scene. Several of these stereo views graphs over the years for the tions became a special spot in the are shown here. Pendleton Roundup, one of the scene which altered the spatial As I mentioned, these pictures world's most famous rodeos. quality dramatically. This suggest- were made before intelligent com- That is how photography ed an idea for making even greater puters made such manipulations became an important part of my 3-D magic in the stereo illusion. much easier. Now, using Photo- world as a child, later using it in shop, one can drop the odd right and left objects into the picture and if the first attempt doesn't lack Snelson in his camera shop, Pendleton, Oregon. look right it's easy to move it or replace it. An example is the still life pic- ture shown here that includes a round mirror. I first photographed the scene in stereo with the mirror reflecting nothing in particular. Then I made a stereo pair of the orange lamp. Reducing the size of that orange-lamp stereo so the lamp would fit into the mirror's frame, I "pasted" it in, first the right-eye side and then the left (done with a Canon S 500 Digital Elph mounted on a rack-over device). For more on Kenneth Snelson's scrrlptzrre, photography, and atom ima'qes, see SW Vol. 15 No. 1 page 17 and especially the nrtist!~wehsite: www.kennet1nnelson.net ...... Q 2006 Kenneth SneIm

...... Stereo with viewer...... Q 2006 Kenneth Snelson

Stereo with ivory boll and atom. Q 2006 Kenneth Sndson

...... Digital stereo with mimr and lamp...... 0 2006 Kenneth Sndm C ------4cm--- s -' '-- rro Bay Estua~ Stereos and captions by Abe Perlstc

n the summer of 2003, I founded Audubon CMstmas Bird Count, -tuff.com) of San what I believe is the world's first the numbers of bird species count- Luis Obispo, California. Ilong-term (15-month) photo- ed here are nearly always in the In addition, a pair of tripods graphic overview study of an top five nationwide. And there are with wide stereo bases were some- ecosystem using hyperstereo pho- many unique plants, insects, and times used along with radio trig- tography techniques. This globally animals found here and nowhere gers, as well as single-camera "side- unprecedented environmental else on earth. The hyperstereo step" stereo techniques. Most of public outreach and education pro- photo survey was designed as a the time I used a system with syn- ject was made possible through loving tribute to this wide bio- chronized twin shutter releases funds donated in part from a San diversity with special focus given that quite often produce a pro- Luis Obispo-based arts foundation to resident and migratory bird found "you-are-there" experience and produced in cooperation with populations thriving on the life- for the viewer. This hyper stereo the Morro Bay National Estuary giving force and rhythms of nature dimensionality can be quite dra- Program. in the Estuary. matic from foreground to back- I founded this project because Hyperstereo photographic tech- ground with dynamic depth per- the Morro Bay National Estuary is niques can provide fantastic per- ceived over the entire range of the one of the crown jewels of the 28- spectives on an environment as if image. site National Estuary System. This the onlooker were gazing through On average, I dedicated at least amazing natural resource is still high-powered binoculars. The four days per week over 15 months considered by many scientific photographic tools employed for to capture the often spectacular experts to be the most pristine and the project were based upon a natural happenings in the area. vital estuarine environment found one-of-a-kind stereo twin-rig carn- "Discover the Estuary in 3-D," a on the entire California coast era system I designed and config- permanent public outreach and south of San Francisco Bay. It is ured especially for the tasks at education exhibit featuring the one of the most significant stop hand. The system utilized a pair of stereo photos has been installed over points for the great flocks of optically and electronically since November 2003 in the Morro migrating birds that rest and feed matched Nikon F5 film SLRs and Bay Estuary Visitor Center on the here on their winterlspring Pacific two sets of zoom lenses in various water front in Morro Bay. "Wings flyway travels. configurations, including place- On and Over Morro Bay" (now The amount of avian diversity ment on a portable mounting bar titled "Meet The Flockers"), a 30- in the Morro Bay National Estuary designed in collaboration with minute four-projector stereo slide is astounding. During the yearly Really Right Stuff, Inc. program was critically acclaimed

"Great Egret, Off Ray- wood" Observing the gmce and agility of the Great Egret is a joy to obsewe, especially when one is reminded these birds came close to extinction in the ear& 1900s when their feathers were prized in women's hats. Learn more at: Ittp://www Preotwret.htm. -pwin Nikon FS camson Really Right Stuff stereo camem bar mounted on Bogen tripod, 2SOmm zoom lenses, Fuji Velvio 100.1 with Hyp _:C_reo P[--I -- kxt by Abe Perstein rmd Ray Zone

as a featured presentation during sharing the marvels of Morro Bay mail.com . View samples at seven sold-out performances at the and her many life forms through www.abes3dworld.blo~t.com.Abe 9th Annual Mono Bay Winter Bird the magic of stop-action hyper Perlstein and Central Coast Out- Festival in 2005, at an April 2005 stereo photography, it is my hope doors are currently leading premi- meeting of the Stereo Club of that nature lovers everywhere may um photo eco tours in and around Southern California, and present- find inspiration by taking a pro- Morro Bay via a photographer- ed in conjunction with a number active stance toward the conserva- friendly pedallflipperdrive tandem of fund raisers and special show- tion, preservation and stewardship kayak. Photo tours in and around ings in California and Connecti- of one of our last vital remaining land-based California Central cut. natural resources. Coast photogenic points of interest It is important to point out that Note: To contact Abe Perlstein are also available by reservation. 95% or more of California's wet- for slide program bookings or busi- Learn more at: lands have been lost to develop- ness opportunities phone: (805) www.centralcoastoutdoots.com/ ment since the early 1900s. By 528-8585 or email: -@hot- photoeco.htm4. 00 ...... "Pelican Profiles " I paddled toward this flock of graceful White Pelicans, as quietly as I could while fighting a steady 10-knot wind and a 2-knot ebb tide. I If a tape recorder had been running while hand-holding the mon- / strous 20-pound twin- camera rig, you mnrM have enwmony cdorM expkCiver hwrd while constant& readjusting focus on both 300mm zoom lenses as we// as shutter speeds and Vstops on both cameras. After over ten failed attempts, it all came tugether for just a moment. Learn more and hear sounds at: AmerkqllmPcliclm.html. [Twin Nikon FS camson Rea& Right Stuffstmo awncm bor. had ht?M 300mm mam knses, yI HrMo 100 film.]

twin-camem synchro- nization and exacting zone focusing tech- niques cannot be undentated as demonstrated in this 1/2OOOth-of-a-second view of WiIletr, Dunlins, Least Sand- pipers, and others taken from the water's edge. The project benefited greatly by engaging the services of expert and oh-so-patient camera technicians who not only electronically matched the shutters and exposure settings on the pair of FSs, but also optically matched a pair of 70-300mm Nikkor zoom lenses by etching precise notched focal length settings onto ...the barrels. Learn more and hear sounds at: www.birds.comelI.edu/l~opmms/AllAb~&&&/&rdGude/Willet. html...... rwi Nikon FS camson Real?, Right Stuff stereo camem bor, hand heM, 300mm mam knses, Fuji Vchrio 100 film.]- ...... "Sweet Springs Natue Pmetve Mcrrsh" The simplicity and calming effect of wtum is exemp/ified b, this morning view of ahEgl,*mng the sweet Springs Nature Preserve marsh in Las Osar. Learn mon at -.Q&=wm. [Singk Nikon 8008 wmem, hd M,24mm kns, ...... Fuji VcMo 100 Rim.] -

walk" The 9O-acre Elfin foreJt Natuml Area is bated on the south- astern Jhore of Mom, &qc A dlvene and complex assemblage of ncrtuml pkrnt commu- nifies inch& coastal Wish~h, rip~ri- an dbndfn'nge, wgmy oak woodland (with specimens up to 600 yean OM), gmss- kmd, coostal dune xrub and oak man- zanita. 25 speaks of mammals, over 1 10 kinds of birds, 1 1 specks of oJJles and amphibians, plus ancient Chum& Indian mEWens or she// mndr can be seen on the site. Viem of the forest are accessible by foot or wheekhair via a unique 3.2-mile hoped elevated hhlkfeaturing two spea~cukrrback bay overlooks. Learn more at m.--. [skrgkNikon8008amm,hondWZ4mknr.yi~100f8h,.]

...... *CoIilbmia Poppies" itere0 oottmiture of mtive ivi/tmotven is a great passion. This ktc spring day's foggy hghtlng wos so* and dHfvsed. The breeze sky@ just long mough to freeze these California Poppies for a dose up portmit. Lwm more at: m. -Nh L,mm,lYlrpk 8008 wmem, hlmwl,mok, FujiRwio ...... -...... 400 Rim.] "Mom, Rock, Cibmltar of the pacific" Nine extinct vdcano pks ~n in a twelw mik line from Son Ms Obispo to 576-foot tcnW Mom, Rock. All are appmximotdy 21 mil- lion yeun om. TMs majestic vdconic @q fimmtEon is protcctcd hobitat for the edm- gered Peregrine Fokon. The dexendcmts of the native Orumozh and

atop this imposing edi- fice which guards the entmnce to the Mom Boy naarrmr tm~lry,me wndkeJt a rrtc 26- member national estwry system. This hyper st- view was shot frwn a tiny tmr-seuter helkqter at qpax.hatdy 650-feet. Lunn mare at -. [~NlmnFS~hmdMQ21n#rba,h#Hkk100h]

...... "hwn Pelicans and Doubie-Crested Connorun&" Thcn ~~lfan enonous amount ofoctivity when I came upon th& gmP wdng akng theaKuroCreekMdd channelwhenitopm up into the w. 7he gmcelul Qemipmmk chamcteristics of Brom, Pelicans in flight suggest prehistoric pterodactyls. Leam more and hear sounds at.

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this- - doublr-bond------~ - whotcham~c~lllt,got up, ondanlJcddowl)t- 150-~m,thytJbm!dbadc w atwd,othcr,~glanccda4~timc,kokalotcochobhrr~fw~smncdllkc peer appmd, then squatted in perfect unison, sumptuwdy wot&ng the sond. I guess they were Ming a bit pissy for my having woken them up. Leam more about the sand spit at. and White Toiled Deer at rvhitrtdkddca.htm...... [Twk,NikonFSamman~RightSMT~aanaoba,MM300nwnmamkma,~HrMo100flkn.] - ...... "Wha-hoolNOne calm and warm winter's mom I came upon this 1grouping of Americon White Pelicans, which often flock and preen themselves on mud flats in the northern portion of the bay. Without wrninq, this

an is-mot-PIUS wingspan in what seemed to be a behaMbrol diethat could only be described as well, g&q! Learn more at: ~~~pelkon.. . html. [Twin Nibon FS wnmws cn Rcolty Right SMTmm,como bor, hond hem, 300mm room knses, Fuii VW100 film.]

...... "Morning Ripples off Heron Rookery" A small piece of wood- land sandwiched between an inn, a rood, and a quiet cove bodered by a muse- .Jm, the Heron Rookery Vatuml Preserve is home to hundreds of Irrting and roosting Sreat Egrets, Double- Crested Connomnts,

base of the protected area and marvel at visual and audible activities. 1960s and '70s-em devewment consumed a large portion of their orginal habitat. The remaining eucalyptus trees providing nesting and roosting have largely been bleached to death... by bird droppings. Leam more and hear sounds at: mvw.birds.comell.edu/mrnm/Al~Lrds/~rdCurde/Doubleaested l&mQ@t ,htmlXsound. [Twin Nikon FS ~4mems~ontwo ~ogentripods on o 20-foot stereo base, wiwireless ~'iu~to-s shutter release, 200mm room lenses, Fuji VW100 film.]

...... Discover the Estuar "Discover The Estuary In 3-0" Highlights fnwn the 2003-2004 Mom, Bay National Estuary Stereo Photo Survey produced in dkrbomtion with the Mom Boy National Estuary Pmgmm appear in "Discover The Estuafy In 3-D, " a permanent binocular viewer exhibit with six new images appearing I from month to month in the Mom Bay Estuary Visitor Center. This public outreach and education center offen both a panoramic 180-degree view of the harbor front and a /age supremely detailed photo realistic mum1 depicting life fonns and habitats in and around the estuary. Ion Golden of 3-0 Concepts [www.stmsc~.com/3d-contep~]supplied six single-image 2x2 viewen. illumination provided by one Kino-Fb non-UV-emitting full-spect~mlight tube. Learn more at: p.[Single Nikon F4 camem on Redly Right Stuff stem camem bar used os dide bar mounted on Bogen tripod, 24mm lens, Fuji Veh100 film. Assisted by leffBowen.] ...... f --.- worM popukrtion of Pacitic Bkuk Bmnt Geese congn?gaCesin September and October at Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National WMk Refuge along the wst- em endoftheAbSk0 Pminwb klbn winging south dong the Podfic Flywaymd c~'~KQ/st- POh to Mexico for the

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"Which Way to the ShuMeboanl Deck?" Holding a tmnty- pound * aloft whik pcrWIing at the same time b impossibk, and countless shots wwv lost during the first fm months of the prolcct At this some time I fhst caught *ht of o kayak~cuhdy whizzing a*

local dealer ~~n'~.comsuggesting they consikr &my cllbrtJ wkh he &tunof a Hobie Cat Mimge Drive kayak. This t&m ped-und-m-dtiven desbn rms a paradigm shift of epk -ions, one that greatly iYmy success mte. Ams and hands were freed up for Wingcamems whik leg power pmpelkd the cmft twice as fast whik incum'ng littk fotigue. Many thanks to )& Cmfor hting his time and twin-rig for this photo session. [photo o 2004 jdt C-. ~~wkrconon 200 md ...... com~son Real& Right Stuft stmcom~ kw, mounted an bgen U@d, 20-3Smm mom knsq 200 ISO.]- ...... "Harbor Seals, 6ack Minimum depth- I- of-field, pieKing kns flare, manhandling the 20-pound camI@ protecting front kns elemntsfmmsco spmy, stoving of attempting to maintain this angk of vkw under a 10-knot breeze, a 2-knot ebb ti&/ nDw, and conti& imUf mams ~6 t#al to shooting action sut#e& in this envinmment. This group,d harbor seals juxtaposed ogarnst the Mom, Bay sand spit on the far westem edge of the estuaty required neady 30-minutes of gentle maneuvmennginto position without alorming the seols. Learn mom at:

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Luther Askeland

t's tempting to describe Luther Askeland, who died February 11, I2006, as a sort of late 20th cen- tury Thoreau, self-exiled to an idyl- lic woodland in Minnesota to meditate on the stewardship of nature and our place in the uni- verse. Rut that too easily brings up images of some earnest hippy, "returning to the land" by living on berries and granola. In fact, Luther Askeland held a doctorate from Harvard, read phi- losophy in six languages and had been professor of Scandinavian Languages at the University of Minnesota before taking up wood lot management and wood work- ing. He continued teaching exten- sion courses at Metro~olitanState University, and for about five years Luther Askeland in 1985, testing the lens alignment of a Red Wing viewer by holding it at he made some of the finest stereo- arm's length to reveal even slight distortions in a line test card. Stereo by /ohn Dennis scopes in the world, the now leg- endary Red Wing viewers. (SW Vol. 1986 visit to his home, workshop ers/critics and the reading public 13 No. 2.) and wood lot. But it was clear from alike-just as we who held his Red The viewer had initially been a that visit that this gentle and fasci- Wing Viewer in similar high regard "kitchen table" project of NSA nating individual had found the might have expected." member Craig Daniels of Red creation of stereoscopes an ideal fit One desperate NSA member later Wing, MN. Luther was originally a with his small wood shop business. offered to buy ten copies of his supplier of wood, then wooden An extension, perhaps, of the con- book if Luther would just make parts for the Viewer, and finally in cept of lovingly hand-crafted furni- one more Red Wing viewer for 1985 became the red Wing's ture into a higher incarnation of him. But even the most imagina- redesigner and manufacturer, with an iconic 19th century instrument tive of bribes would probably have Craig supplying brass parts and that can present the world in all its had little effect on someone lenses. depth without need of circuitry or immersed in recording thoughts Far from a "reproduction" scope, batteries and with only one mov- like: "...I know of myself that I the Red Wing was a hand crafted, ing part. The Red Wing's combina- sometimes require, and may then precision instrument meant to tion of organic simplicity with spontaneously conjure up, an realize the full potential of the painstaking precision seemed per- image of tranquility and strength, Holmes viewer concept while elim- fect for this one-time Ivy League someone who seems to move inating its most common short- scholar living in a tiny house through decisions, events, and comings such as excess "play" in (smaller than the workshop) on a time as effortlessly as a fish coasts, the sliding stage, short wire card 27 acre wood lot for which he was after one causal sweep of its tail, holders, loose lenses and hoods given an award for exemplary through the water." too small for eyeglass wearers. It management and conservation. -Lrrtlrer Askeland, was marketed from 1985 to 1990 Luther retired from the manu- Ways in Mystery p. 174. through Luther's Welch Village facture of stereoscopes about 1990 More about Luther Askeland's Woodworking enterprise, quickly in order, as Craig Daniels explains, publications can be found (and becoming one of the most prized "to write his book God In the downloaded) at www.lutheraskeland of modern stereoscopes and estab- Moment-much to the dismay of .corn. lishing a level of quality in both NSAers and SSAers, but to the great -\ohn Dennis, CraQ Daniels function and design that few have benefit of those who struggle with and Kari Askelatld approached since. the meaning of life at the fringes I only met Luther Askeland of how we experience it. That book once, when he took Craig and I on was followed by Ways in Mystery, a step-by-step tour of the Red which met with unalloyed Wing assembly process during a approval by professional review- Bulls and Ghosts: 3-D Film Director Richard Fleischer

he only motion picture direc- the call from Walt Disney to make close-ups could be filmed with the tor to helm 3-D films in both 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he actors among them. the 1950s and the 1980s has had just finished directing his first "The villain of the story was a passed away. In a 46-year career in 3-D motion picture with Arena, a big, vicious, man-killing Rrahma the movie business, Richard Fleis- contemporary cowboy story from bull," wrote Fleischer. "He was the cher directed almost 50 feature MGM that hyped the film as the leitmotiv of doom and disaster ... films. He died of natural causes on "First 3-Dimension Western" and a Naturally, at the climax of the March 25, 2006 at the Motion Pic- "Great Outdoor Romance." Fleisch- story, our hero has to ride this ter- ture and Television Country House er later characterized directing rible beast." From about 75 Rrah- in Woodland Hills, California at Arena in 3-D as "half a step back" ma bulls, Fleischer had to pick the the age of 89. Over the course of for his career. meanest-looking bull in the lot to his varied career as a film director, In his 1993 memoir titled "Just play the part. Looking for a speci- Fleischer worked in every conceiv- Tell Me When to Cry," (New York: men with a perfect set of horns, able genre, from film noir with his Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.), Fleischer picked a massive, two-ton 1952 hit The Narrow Margin, to Fleischer recounted his experiences jet black bull with a white dia- thrillers such as The Boston Stran- directing Arena. After 11 years of mond emblazoned on his massive ,yler (1968), docudramas with Tora! continuous employment in the forehead. His name was "Number Tora! Tora! (1970) as well as science movie business, Fleischer suddenly 48." The first day of shooting fiction adventures such as Fantastic found himself out of work in 1953. Number 48 would do his stuff. VoyaOye(1 966) and Soylent Green "When I got an offer to do a pic- "I placed the 3-D cameras in (1973). ture for MGM, it looked mighty strategic spots around the arena Fleischer's biggest popular suc- attractive to me," wrote Fleischer. and warned the camera operators cess was the 1954 Walt Disney pro- "The money and the screenplay to be on the alert because this duction of 20,000 Leagues Under the weren't great, but it was employ- would be a wild ride," recalled Sea. There was great irony in the ment and it was 3-D, a guarantee Fleischer. A real cowboy was prop- fact that Fleischer was hired by of success." Arthur Loew Jr., "a erly dressed to ride Number 48. Walt Disney to work on this film. very funny young man-about- "We got ready. I wished the cow- As the son of Max Fleischer, who town" and the scion of the Loew's boy luck, and the doors to the with his brother Dave founded the movie theater chain family, was chute flew open. Number 48 Fleischer Studios in the 1920s, the the producer. minced out.. . He pranced a few young Richard grew up in a house- Arena was a rodeo story. "The steps forward, came to a dead halt, hold which was not allowed to idea of bucking broncos and Brah- and looked around." After sitting speak the Disney name. Max Fleis- ma bulls charging right into the on the immobile bull for ten sec- cher invented and patented roto- audience in 3-D sounded exciting," scope techniques that allowed ani- wrote Fleischer. After receiving a mators to composite cartoon char- quick course in 3-D photographic acters and live action together in technique using the dual 35mm the same scene. These techniques rig engineered by MGM camera were utilized in "Betty Roop" and department head John Arnold, "Popeye" cartoons that were the Fleischer and Loew headed off to staple product of Fleischer Studios the Tucson Annual Rodeo to competing with Disney cartoons in photograph a real rodeo with all the movie theaters of the 1930s its color and excitement. "Once we and 40s. knew what cowboy was going to Despite the bitter rivalry of the ride what horse or bull," wrote Fleischer brothers with Walt Dis- Fleischer, "we'd pay him to wear ney, Richard's father encouraged the same costume as one of our him to direct the Jules Verne fea- actors." Loew had contracted for ture and it proved to be a break- the entire rodeo, along with cow- through for the young director's boys, horses and bulls, to stay career. When Richard Fleischer got behind after the rodeo so 3-D reasons no one noticed, other than the cutting, was that practically no one ever saw the movie. Ry the time the picture was released, the 3-D craze was over. It stopped like somebody had pulled a switch. Arena played in only one theater in 3-D, the Rialto, in New York. It was projected normal, or flat, every- where else before it disappeared into the sunset." The location filming gave Arena a documentary realism that is uncommon in the 3-D films of the 1950s. It was projected in dual- strip 3-D on September 15, 2003 for the "World 3-D Expo" in Holly- wood at the Egyptian Theater. Fleischer was present at the screen- ing that evening and after the film had run was interviewed by Michael Schlesinger of Sony Pic- tures. In 1983, 30 years after directing Arena, Fleischer was called on to direct Arnityville 3-0, which was filmed in the 35mm single-strip onds the cowboy slid off. Fleischer gave the command to open the over-and-under "Arrivision" realized then why the bull's horns gate. "There stood our magnificent process. Produced by Orion Pic- were unbroken: he never did any- beast in all his glory. He gave us a tures Corporation as the third film thing with them. glowering look, took three steps in the ghostly Amityville cycle, "I was leaning against the fence forward, staggered, and dropped Arnityville 3-0 starred Tony with my head in my arms when dead," recalled the director. Arthur Roberts, Tess Harper and Candy there was a tap on my shoulder. It Loew had missed the whole thing. Clark as frightened trespassers of a was Arthur. 'What was that?' he He came running up to the direc- haunted house. asked. tor. R.M. Hayes, in his 3-0 Movies "I don't know, Arthur, he sure "What in God's name hap- book (McFarland & Company: looked mean." pened?" Loew asked breathlessly. 1989) writes that Arnityville 3-0 is "Yeah. I think you picked a Fer- "Stage fright," Fleischer replied. "Certainly the best of the Ami- dinand," replied Loew. "He's just "All eyes were turned toward tyville series and considerably another pretty Hollywood face me," wrote Fleischer. "How was I more frightening than the other with no talent. Now what are we to get out of this one? I did the three. The photography made going to do?" only thing I could think of at the good use of stereo-effects into the At the wrangler's suggestion, moment. I went over and sat on theater space with excellent stag- Fleischer made another attempt to the bull's side and rested my chin ing for the [2.35:1] widescreen 3-D have the bull exit the chute only on my hands." system." By the time he directed this time Number 48 was given an After finding a suitably fierce Arnityville 3-0, Richard Fleischer electric shot in the balls with a cat- replacement for Number 48, "a had been working in the motion tle prod as the gate opened. Gradu- mean and ornery bastard who'd picture industry for over 40 years. ally, with the addition of firecrack- just as soon gore you with one of "It seems that in Hollywood er noisemakers, whoops and his broken horns as look at you," there is a line drawn in the sands hollers with thumps to the back- Fleischer and the crew "muddled of time," wrote Fleischer. "You get side, Number 48 showed sufficient through the shooting in Tucson" on the wrong side of that line signs of life for acceptable 3-D though it was necessary to paint a merely by living past the age of footage. But, Fleischer needed white diamond on the forehead of about forty-five." The director was some big, head close-ups of Num- Number 48's replacement and out- surprised to have had such a ber 48. Dressed up with "fake foam fit him with a full set of fake horns lengthy and fortunate career. "I'd around his mouth, his snout drip- which fell off during filming. been on the wrong side of the line ping glycerine.. .. I would make "We did some fancy cutting for a good many productive years him into the Godzilla of bulls," when we put the picture together," before the posse caught up with resolved the director. wrote Fleischer, "and no one me." The day after the rodeo ended, seemed to notice that two com- -Ray Zone all preparations had been made for pletely different bulls were playing Number 48's close-up. Fleischer the lead heavy. One of the main News from the Stereoscopic Society of America THE SOCIETYRay Zone

Eileen Bohman #734 again and feel free to contact the Ca rine Stereocard Folio We recently received the follow- Bohman family through email to 20 5 Report mark7352404@~ahoo.com. i!'l ing sad correspondence from Mark Caprine Folio secretary Thom Rohman: "It is with great sorrow To this news SSA Membership SecretaryITreasurer Les Gehman Gillam (#896) writes that "Our that I announce to all members folio has been very active in 2005, (#1016) replied, "Mark, I am so and friends of the NSA and to all sorry to hear of your loss. Your and although small, is clearly people involved in stereophotogra- showing signs of vigor and growth. mother was one of the very early phy the sudden death of my moth- "We are very fortunate to wel- er, Eileen Rohman on February 13, members of the SSA. There is only one other regular member with a come new member Roy Walls 2006. She along with her husband (#1001) of Johnson City, Ten- Raymond, were I believe, one of lower membership number than hers (Her member number will not nessee. I see by Roy's SSA number the first group of NSA members. that he is no newbie, so I am con- "Stereophotography brought to be given to anyone else). She was active in the Ovine and Speedy fident that he will hit the ground them great joy and great friends running; as a matter of fact, he with all the people they met Alpha print folios and will be missed by her fellow members." sent me a few cards in advance to through it. It served as a great avo- do just that! Welcome Roy! Also, cation for my mother in these past SSA Life Member Jack Cavender (#741) responded with love and Harry Richards (#861) returned 10 years following Dad's death in after a short absence. Once again, keeping her spirits up. I recall so friendship to Mark's correspon- dence by writing "It is with pro- welcome back, Harry! At the same vividly how she anxiously awaited time, new members Peter (#1056) the arrival of the next portfolio, found sorrow that we hear of the passing of Eileen. Through her late and Harold Jacobsohn (#1078) the joy it brought her in looking at came on board (thanks to Harry!) everyone's cards, and the joy of husband, Ray, I became a friend of Eileen many years ago. Through bringing some excellent views and taking stereo photos was a very opinions into the group. Welcome! the folios and NSA meetings we important part of her life and you "On the other hand: I just continued this friendship after the all had a part in it. received a voting card for CP-6 "A special thanks is given to passing of Ray. My sympathy goes out to all the family. Eileen and from Steve Braun (#943): this Ernie Rairden (#965) of Cedar means that he has taken his last Ray were always justifiably proud Rapids, Iowa whose help in the view from the Caprine folios hav- past ten years was such a great of their family and mentioned their exploits and accomplish- ing decided a while back to leave benefit to Mom, that my brothers our ranks. I am sure we will all and sisters and I will remember it ments often." and thank him forever. Thank you "Neoreglia" by Harry Richards. miss his views and wish him a I. "Yellow and Red Aspens" Convention in Miami, Florida fond farewell. Steve, if you decide by Lee Pratt (#1080) from July 13-16 and at the 3-D Z, in Long Canyon,, to get back in anytime in the by Lee Pratt Center of Art & Photography in future, you know you will always 3. "Encounter with the Pumpkin Boy" Portland, Oregon on August 8, be welcome! by Ron Fross (#1063) 2006. "I have compiled the votes for 11th International SSA Closing date for the 1lth SSA 2005 with all the results. This file card ~~hibi~i~~Stereo Card Exhibition will be July is available on the SSA website. Go stereo 1, 2006. All entries are to be sent to: p Exhibition Chairmen David and to and ~i~d~~h~~~~~~, index.html . Linda Thompson have announced 8132 pudding creek D~.s.E., "The big winner is ...Harry the 11th International Stereo Card salem, oregong7301. Richards! His view 'Neoreglia' Exhibition. This stereo view card A PDF Entry Form for the 1 lth gathered 64 points." exhibition will be conducted in SSA Exhibition is at the PSA website Harry writes that "Neoreglia was accordance with the standards rec- and is also downloadable at: taken at the Milwaukee County ommended by the Photographic www.rav3dzone.comlllthSSA.pdf. Society of America (PSA) and is Domes, our local Botanical Gar- SSA den. I took this with my paired open to any living photographer. HOWto Join the Sony DSC-V1 digital cameras, Up to 4 entries in the Holmes for- To join the SSA one must first, of mounted vertically, and on a tri- mat (3112" x 7") stereocard are per- course, be a member of the NSA. pod. I use Photoshop 7 to make mitted. For placement in a stereocard, the card and my printer is a Canon Entry fee is USD $8-00 which transparency or digital folio of 950. I use Ilford Galerie smooth includes return of entries by 1st their choice the new SSA member gloss paper." Class Mail to US and Canada, and must send $10 to Treasurer Les Small Packet Air elsewhere. Judges Gehman at the following address: Omega Slide Transparency are Ernie Rairdin, Lawrence Kauf- Les Gehman Folio 2005 Report man and Dennis Green and the 3736 Rochdale Dr. Circuit secretary Peter Jacobsohn judging will be held July 13, 2006 Fort Collins, CO 80525 writes in to say that "the quality of at the NSA Miami Convention. (970) 282-9899 the work that I have seen in the Acceptances and Award Winners Les can be reached via email at: Omega folio since its inception has will be exhibited at the 2006 NSA [email protected]. Om been exceptional. The commentary accompanying the views bears out that everyone is having a good time sharing their work with all Rare stereoviews in Civil War Exhibit the members. "We currently have 12 members he Civil War in Maryland: Rare Portraits of the first African in the Omega folio. We lost 2 TPhotographs from the Collec- American casualty of the Civil members in 2005 so we do have tion of the Maryland Historical War room for a few more people in Society and its Members can be Rare photographs taken after the joining us. Anyone interested in seen in the galleries of the H. Fur- Battle of Antietam joining Omega should email me long Baldwin of the ~h~ largest number of wartime at: peter(n'iacobsohn.com . land (MdHS) photographs of ~~l~i~~~~ever 3, 2006 to October 14, 2006. "'I'he 2005 Omega slides receiv- displayed ing the most votes in order of pref- Curated by Ross J. Kelbaugh, the erence are as follows: exhibit will be the largest collec- Portraits of African American sol- tion of original photos of Civil diers from Maryland including War Maryland ever displayed, one very rare photograph of a e Stereoscopic Society of America is a including many images never member of the 4th U.S. Colored croupof currently active stereo photogra- before exhibited, and will cover Troops from the Eastern Shore phers who circulate their work by means of who was mortally wounded postal folios. Both print and transparency for- the time period just before the mats are used, and several groups are oper- Start of the conflict through the The only known photographs of ating folio circuits to met the needs in each postwar era. In addition to the col- Barbara Frietchie, the Frederick format. When a folio arrives, a member views lection of the M~HS,the exhibit heroine of John Greenleaf Whit- and makes comments on each of the entries of the other participants. His or her own will feature rare images from Mary- tier's poem of the same name view, which has traveled the circuit and has land Union collector Arthur G. The largest collection of images been examined and commented upon by the Barrett, Civil War authors' ROSS J. of Marylanders who served in the other members, is removed and replaced with Kelbaugh and Daniel Carroll a new entry. The folio then continues its end- Union and Confederate armies T~~~~~,~~~~l~~dconfederate that has ever been exhibited less travels around the circuit. Many long dis- collectors David P. Mark, Sr. and tance friendships have formed among the The exhibition will be open dur- participants in this manner over the years. Frederick D. Shroyer, and others. Stereo photographers who may be interest- Key photographs on display will ing library The library ed in Society membership should contact the include: is open Wednesday through Satur- Membership Secretary, Les Cehman, 3736 day, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Call (410) Rochdale or., ~ortCollins, CO 80525, (970) Rare Civil War stereoviews that 685-3750 ext. 349 for more infor- 282- 9899, les@gehmon,org can be viewed in 3-D mation or visit www.mdhs.org. 639 -- . - Current Information on Stereo Today David Starkman & john Dennis 3-D at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show

by 1 awrence Kaufman ------holding the new 7.2 inch model. some viewers can enjoy the show very January gadget fans feel a The results were very good. in 3-D (with a visor), while others familiar twinge that can mean can choose to watch it the old Eonly one thing, it's time for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Philips Electronics' CEO Rudy TDVisions technology is compat- in Las Vegas. Consumer electronic Provoost said tha ds of file formats, firms use this show to debut what's about two years t new or to make announcements about their upcoming items. The show is an early indicator of which movie studios don't produce display or playback format will be the next big thing. There have wide array of partners and could been many 3-D stereoscopic dis- even be incorporated into a play or prototype items that have competing product made their debut at CES in the like the eMagin past. For 2006 it seemed less about 3-D and more about HD. 1080p these TVs," he Other booths display and high-definition DVD said. "As the featured the were the big things. The battle Icuiti DV920 between HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD rrDat Video Eye- players began; these are two com- wear peting high def DVD formats. The mo5t visual 3-D prototype movies made .icuiti.com/) on exhibit was from Toshiba. Their from the breakthrough display technology nWave 3-D film delivers the power of 3-D images SOS Planet. The on flatbed displays with no need he added. The for special glasses. New areas of 3-D applications realized by the not known it technology include arcade games, Philips and not was a 3-D film, I e-learning, simulations of build- yet being shown wouldn't have ings and landscapes--even 3-D publicly. The 3-D experiments are known it was a 34) film. ~~~i~idid menus in restaurants. Toshiba has part of an overhaul at the Euro- receive one of the prestirrious.- already announced 24-inch and pean electronics company. Innovations 2006 besign and Engi- 15.4-inch displays, and CES saw 3-D Visors neering awards for the personal the debut of the latest model, a We've been entertained and tor- electronics category. DV920 Video 7.2-inch small-size display that Eyewear was on display with Apple shows how Toshiba is bringing 3-D tured by countless different 3-D technologies over the years; there Pod. The DV920 Video Eyewear capabilities to mobile applications. allows for hands-free, private view- Downloadable digital photographs were several different visors on dis- play with and without 3-D con- ing all on a virtual 42" screen and related to these exhibits can be will also plug and play with your found at htt~://www.toshiba.co.ip/ tent. Most were 3-D capable. TDVision is the owner of several PC or laptop for 3-D gaming. info/ces2006/. Priced at US$549, the DV920 is The Toshiba 3-D exhibit had a 3-D related patents (www .tdvisioncor~.com).TDVision started now available on Icuiti's website large booth at front of the Toshiba and through select retailers. exhibit area. There was a large sign with a stereoscopic camera deliver- ing two separate video streams to 2800 and X800 3DVisors from over the booth that stated: 3-D eMagin were on display and 3-D Display System, there was a crowd two displays in a special visor, cre- ating the 3-D effect. Their technol- capable, but only showing 2-D of people waiting in line to get a content. The 2800 3DVisor received close up look and a Toshiba rep ogy can also deliver a standard 2-D images to a regular monitor; so the 2006 CES "Rest of Innovations" award in the "Digital Displays" cat- egory, a 2006 Design and Engineer- ing Innovations Award in the "Gaming" category, and had received the Class of 2005 Digital Life "Innovator Award". Check out www.ernanin.com/ or www.3dvisor .corn/. The Spitfish gameware booth featured the EyeFX 3D Adapter (PS2), the world's first and only hre stereoscopic 3-0 adapter for the Toshiba's new 7.2 inch 3-0 flatbed display. Sony Playstation 2. The 3-D effect is very good and works with all 3-D displays and projection sys- original 3-D still images transmit- off-the-shelf 3-D compliant games. tems. Vision also supports twin ted to the handset with control of Also at a direct mail booth was projectors allowing it to be used in the 3-D depth, and off-screen 3DDirect MaiPM-"Marketing with trade show and professional/educa- effect. The ability to derive content an altitude!" This 3-D direct mail tional venues where big screen 3-D data revenues from the deploy- solution was Wes Western's Phan- is required for large audiences. ment of 3-D handsets is seen as a taglyph being marketed by Modern Chris Yewdall, Chief Executive critical factor to the successful Postcard (http://www.rnodernpost- of DDD was on hand and since the widespread adoption of 3-D in the card.com/). AEE Show is held at the same time wireless markets. as the Consumer Electronics Show, DDD Mobile was developed Record Attendance it provided an ideal opportunity using the ARM" Versatile Applica- CES 2006 broke attendance for DDD to meet with and demon- tion Baseboard and Realview" records with 150,000 attendees strate a wide range of 3-D products Developer Suite. The ARM926EJ-S" from 110 countries seeking the to customers in the consumer elec- processor forms the basis for next- newest technologies (at least 5,000 tronics industry (mainly at a suite generation smart phones, commu- more than the final figures from in the MGM Grand Hotel.) nicators and PDAs that are expect- last year.) The Adult Video News The 3-D effect was way off when ed to include 3-D displays as hand- Adult Entertainment Expo going I sat down at the television with set manufacturers seek to find on in another part of the Sands the Vision set box, but since the innovative ways of differentiating Convention Center also broke 3-D effect can be adjusted with a their product lines. attendance records. The Adult remote control, a few simple Expo featured over 350 exhibitors adjustments and the image was Other Adult Items and had a five percent increase in back in line. The scenes playing in Also there was Reel Interactive attendance. A couple exhibitors their large walk-in theater had Inc. (http://reelinteractive.corn/) with even had 3-D items. problems due to the fact that the a 3-D adult anaglyph DVD presen- tation, available from their website DDD Debuts TriDef RealTV scenes were filmed in front of a waterfall and the image kept and a 3-D phantogram-type dis- 3-D TV Solution appearing pseudoscopic to me. play being marketed to "gentle- DDD Group plc held the first men's clubs". Using small and public demonstration of the 3-D Camera Display for large flat autostereoscopic display TriDeP RealTV'" 3-D television solu- Cell Phones screens. for a small fee a club tion that combines DDD's TriDef" A 3-D capable display was being patron can have his own private Vision'" set top converter box with demonstrated on a cell phone. A show which will allow the virtual Arisawa's range of PC and home parallax barrier LCD display gives girl(s) to stand straight up in 3-D theater 3-D displays. Visitors to on-screen images more depth and like a virtual holographic "popup", DDD's Adult Entertainment Expo robustness. The new camera setup which will provide a personal, booth were able to see a full range and displays should start appearing private dance. of 3-D displays including 80" pro- on foreign handsets in 2007, by In conclusion, with current DVD jection screens, 40" and 30" 3-D which time we'll hopefully be see- retails and profits shrinking, once LCD TVs and 17" PC displays and ing 3 megapixel phones with opti- HD DVD hardware and software the very latest second generation cal zooms elsewhere in the world. debuts we should again see further 2.2" mobile phone displays. The software solution, DDD roll outs of new 3-D items; hope- DDD teamed with Digital Play- Mobile'", allows the presentation of fully as soon as next January at the ground and screened sequences photos, animations and movies in 2007 Consumer Electronics from the new adult Pirates feature a stereoscopic 3-D format, auto- Show. r'rr'r movie, converted to 3-D in real matic 2-D to 3-D conversion of time using the Vision set top box. photographs captured with the Vision automatically converts built-in camera, conversion pf his column depends orr readers for video formats to 3-D as they are MPEG4(a) movies captured with the Tinformation. (We don't know every1thing!) Please send information ot . questions t~9 David watched, allowing any broadcast, built-in camera or conversion of .- nn o-.. Storkmon, NewViews Editor, ,-.v.DUX 2368, DVD and videocassette content to still images and movies transmit- Culver City, CA 9023 1. be presented in 3-D on the latest ted to the handset, presentation of Boris Starosta Penetrates Art Festival with MF3D or the second year in a row, Roris At the 2006 festival, Boris was an his MF3D art could not be submit- FStarosta has won the "audience invited artist and was represented ted to the jury on a "single slide, favorite" award (for "out of town by NYC gallery ArtOLarge. He CD-ROM, or Video", Boris took the artists") at the Seattle Erotic Arts exhibited four MF3D installations train from Charlottesville to New Festival with his medium format showing ghost images "Hunger", York, and made a SWAT style stereo slide installations. This "Memory", "Fantasy", and an assault on the gallery and its despite the fact that, although all older work "Azi in TubIWomb with owner, begging them to look into media types are shown, because of Umbilicus". The installations con- the stereoscope. Fortune smiled on its overwhelming prevalence in tained the original medium format Boris, as he was not arrested for erotica, submissions of photogra- slides (6x6cm size for each left and trespassing that day, instead his art phy are discouraged. right eye film chip). was submitted to the jury in its The Seattle Erotic Arts Festival is At the 2005 festival, the MF3D "native" stereoscopic format. The in its fourth year in 2006, running image "Azi + Zoe x 69" was voted rest is, as they say, history. for three days in the early spring. audience favorite and took the Rest Roris wishes to thank Alan Rich- Ry virtue of a very selective jurying of Show award (for visiting artists) mond of Innovatv and Paul Talbot process, careful professional curat- in the juried exhibition. Roris's of Rocky Mountain Memories for ing, and extensive press exposure, first foray into the larger world of their help providing the Chinese the SEAF has become a premier "flat" fine art began with a juried made medium format stereoscopes international exhibit of the worlds group show at the ArtCiLarge shown at the 2006 Seattle Festival best erotic fine artists in all media. gallery in NYC in 2004. The "Neo (come see them in Miami!). Many For more information visit Erotique" show is an annual exhi- thanks also to Jordan Patkin for www.seattleerotic.org. bition there of new artists in the the two year loan of a twin Hassel- erotic genre. Unable to get the blad rig. gallery owner to understand why A Banner Year For 3-D Movies here have been several recent There has been no official Open Season - 9/29/06, 3-D IMAX release Tannouncements about release announcement yet, but work con- with 2-D 35mm theatrical release. dates of 3-D motion pictures, but tinues on converting King Kong Happy Feet - 1111 712006 (90 minutes) 2006 will still see more 3-D movie and possibly other Peter Jackson 3-D IMAX release with 2-D 35mm releases than any year since 1954! films to 3-D. theatrical release. Disney announced that the Meet 2006 3-D films: the Robinsons Disney Digital 3-D Deep Sea 30 - IMAX sequel to version and regular version release Into tlze Deep Bits of Superman date was moving from December 2006 to early 2007. Also Ni<~htof the Livin~Dead 30 - Limited Converted theatrical release, anaglyphic announced was the large format (www.notld3d.corn). arner Bros. and IMAX Corp. film Dinosazrrs! has been renamed Whave announced that Slrper- Supeman Returns - 6/30/2006, Select Dinosazrr Hzrnters and the release will become the scenes in 3-D in the IMAX version. man Retzrrns was being moved from December world's first live-action feature film 2006 to March 2007. The Monster Holrse - the 2nd film to to be converted from 2-D to IMAX employ "Performance Capture" being Following the IMAX announce- 3D using the proprietary MAX con- released in REAL D's digital 3-D ment of a day and date 3-D release format day-and-date with its 2-D version technology on about 20 of Sony's Open Season in Septem- national release on July 21, 2006. minutes of the film. ber, 2006, came the news that "The test scenes that have been about twenty minutes of Slrperman Tlie Ant Rlrlly - 8/4/2006 (90 minutes) 3-D IMAX release with 2-D 35mm converted into IMAX 3D look, Retzrrns would be presented in 3-D theatrical release. sound and feel absolutely amaz- in the IMAX version. ing," Superman Retzrrns director I I ~ryansinger said. "The magic of IMAX 3D will envelop audiences in Science Stereo Exhibition Announced this story, enabling them to feel he French Stereo Club has with associated text, visit: the emotion, drama and suspense Tannounced a new stereo image www.stereo-club.fr/ConcoursSCF. in a completely new and unique competition dealing with scientific Closing date is September 30, way. " or engineering stereo images. If 2006. For English text, click on the Szrpermon Retrrrns will be simulta- you think that you have some British flag on the site. Submitting neously released to IMAX and con- images with a scientific or engi- up to five digital stereo images is ventional theaters on June 30. neering interest and want to sub- free. This competition is organized During select sequences, a visual mit your best digital stereo images under the rules of ISU competitions cue will indicate when audiences and exhibitions committee (ISEC). should use their IMAX 3D glasses. A Bit of 4-D in Atlanta by David Starkman ecently Susan Pinsky and I The film itself was very well shot went on a short visit to and presented. Told from the view- a,J tlanta, GA to visit my sister point of two children, it tells about and her family. My sister felt that the importance of storytelling, we should see at least a couple of and, yes, even tall tales, in the his- the popular tourist attractions, and tory and culture of the South. we were pleased to find that both Using flashbacks to the past, we locations included "4-D" films. take a journey with the two chil- (4-D seems to be the "theme park" dren down a narrow swampy river term for 3-D films that also have to the shack of their great tall-tale- physical effects, such as spraying telling grandfather. This made for water in your face, strobe light lots of good 3-D situations, with lightning, puffs of air directed to plenty of tree limbs and mist in your ankles to simulate creatures the foreground, while floating brushing up against them, stream- down the river. Of course, a snake ers or soap bubbles dropping down practically drops from a tree limb - - . (. I from the ceiling, etc. You get the into your lap, but more unexpect- ( . . 1: .C

idea.) ed is to get sprayed with a bit of 51gnao fvertising " 7~11110/(~3 01 (/I(' Our first visit to was to Stone water in the face when it hisses at South sID Theater " in the Crossroads Mountain Park. The original attrac- you! This sets up a situation for Area near Stone Mountain Park, tion here is the granite mountain grandpa to tell some tall and color- ...... Georgia. (Photo by David Starkman) itself, which has been enhanced by ful tales, before the scene flashes a huge bas-relief of the confederate forward to the kids today, hearing was appropriately advertised by notables Jefferson Davis, Robert E. stories from their dad. Great art several back-lit full size (over 2' x Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. direction and excellent 3-D cine- 3') lenticular 3-D movie posters. We took the aerial tram to the matography, made for a fun, well Again this combined a live pre- top of the mountain, for a spectac- presented 3-D film! show before the projected 3-D ular view of the entire area. After A couple of days later we visited film. In this case our live host and this we headed to the Crossroads the new Georgia Aquarium, which narrator Billy, is turned into a fish Area, a mini theme park with an claims to be the largest in the and enters into the undersea 3-D "Old South" theme. Within this world. There is no doubt that it is world of "DeepoV-a giant area we were pleased to discover one very large aquarium, and the adorable orange fish. Here he the "Tall Tales of the South 4D wide variety and size of the view- learns about the dangers of pollu- Theater". ing windows is incredibly & amaz- tion and other human activities to This 20 minute show (combin- ingly impressive. There is even an the ocean and it's creatures. After ing a live pre-show and then the 3- acrylic tunnel under one of the learning all of these lessons the D/4D film) used conventional tanks that is very similar to the fish that Rilly has befriended polarized 3-D glasses for viewing. simulated one that was shown in implore him to take what he has The projection equipment the 1983 film Jaws 3-D! learned back to the human world. appeared to be a twin 70mm film We were pleased to see that The entire film is computer gen- system supplied by Iwerks there was a film being presented erated, and the 3-D quality is Entertainment. called Deepo's Undersea 30 Woncler- superb. The projection appeared to show .... With 4D effects! This (Continued on page 34)

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