r*..-r 3-0 lmaaina Past & Present A Publ~cationof National Stereoscopic Association, Inc. The Kaiser Panorama *; *; 9..* zu -2' . Shooting SanLFrancisc in 3-0 from a ~efic>fer~ byM.rLWllllrc elcome to the first install- ment of Pi@ Flawmi Finds. WNot long after I started shooting stereo images, I rew that I could combine my love of stereo photography with my fond- ness for 1950s-era styling, design and decor by collecting amateur stereo slides that were shot in the "golden age" of the Stereo Real- ist-the late 1940s through the early 1960s. These slides sometimes contain priceless images of wery- day life in that era, and the fact that they are 3-D and were often recorded on Kodachrome film.-- I whose colors today seem as fr&h Whotcouldkbatarfiw~hthc195Ostha,apWtfl#kcdbrr?A##nntly as the day the photo was taken, takmota0,~tm&thls~kkkkdonEya1953.'~#maynotk~- makes viewing these slides the i&inthe~hrre,a~s#kvicwarnncaJsmorrngcflodtcdtmasdf next best thing to hopping aboard behindthemwrmnf &olMieveistkwifeoftkphotogrPpha. 7bissWisinanoMer- a time machine! From clothing style(gmywith~cdgcJ)K~m~mocnrt.OdhasiDdafrwntksomc and hairstyles to home decor to photogmpher indude many scenes in and oround his home in Portknd, Ongon. Many of modes of transportation, these theman?bbckdwiththe~tnet~~sooutof~~IkcaadthehomeandckOW frozen moments of time show byit. Aportfrom ~~t-daykukof~~~bsdsand~its what things were really like in the ext&harctxlngrdNtbkfnnnthcwy#c#PraradhtkrrYdanca3,5O~cyp. ..........................." .... "..... ........ "" middle of the twentieth century. While collections of these ama- teur slides are interesting to view, exploring them often requires sifting through numerous shots marred by focus or exposure prob- lems, distant subjects containing minimal depth, or generic scenery that would look the same today as it did 50 years ago. Every once in a while, however, a megem is dis- covered-some unstaged moment from a tnpical day in the '50s just dripping with the colors, styles and decor of that era-in which the focus, exposure and 3-D composi- tion all come together nicely. I've often thought, upon discovering such a slide, that it would be fun to share it with other stereo and '50s enthusiasts in a publication Check out that shiny United States lunchbox/ Whik I mid expect this gem to be titkd like Stereo Wor2d. But because infor- "first Day of School," it is unfortunately unlobckd. it is in an dder-styk (gmy with red mation about the photographer edges) Kodoctm canibooni mount. Other slides from this same photogmpher show and the subjects of such slides is dotes from 1952 into the later '50sf and most of his slides were apyxrrently shot near frequently sparse or non-existent where he liwd and mrkedf in a suburb of Mihwwkeef Wxonsin. ................................................................................................................................................................ - (Conthud on pqdc 29) A-d National Stemoxopk Arsdatlon, Inc. Volume 28, Number 1 2001 NSA Board of Directors Bill C. Walton, Chairman Paula R. Fleming Lm-m Andy Criscom Dieter Lorenz Russell Norton Page 4 Page 74 Page 30 T.K. Treadwell Richard Twichell NSA Officers Mary Ann Sell, President Shab Ley, Vice President 3 Viewing the Enchanted Islands Dean Kamin, Vice President, Activities review by john Dennis Lany Hess, Secretary David Wheeler, Treasurer 2 Editor'sView Stereo World Staff Comments and John Dennis, Editor Observations 4 Shooting for 3-D Gold Lawrence Kaufman, Contributing Editor bywn Dennis Mark Willke, Art Director with David Klutho Sylvia Dennis, Subscription Manager 22 The Society by Ron lobbe Don R. Cibbs, Bock Issues Manager News from the *JmStereoxo ic How to Reach Us: LEE?" 14 The Kaiser Panorama NSA Membership (New rnernknhips, rewaIs & address changes) Phenomenon P.O. Box 86708, Portland, OR 97286 28 European Gems Stereoviews from by Dr. Dieter Lorenz Questions Concerning Old Europe and the Stereo World Subscr~pttons Stories Behind Them P.O. 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Annual memberships include six issues of Stereo World, a plastic Back cow: lorgnette viewer, and a membership Stereo World on the Web directory. "Cmzy Maze" is one of the more cohnful of seveml computer generated Mrmkr, fractal desgns featured in the article "3-0 in Chaos" by Lee Lane on IntmationalStereoscopic Union page 30. This issue is dedicated to the memory of Erin Elizabeth Borst. Comments and Observations john Dennis There's Change ... the study and presentation of his- For better or worse, the world- very few years, it's time for a torical stereoscopic images, Stereo wide response and resulting chain change. Readers of magazines World can both urge the documen- of events from security measures to tation of events related to this situ- war will affect much of the planet Earen't generally the people who ation and provide a venue for the for a long time. Both the best and find this logic compelling, but it publication of such stereoscopic the worst of human responses can seems to be a necessary form of documentation. be documented with more impact therapy for those who produce This means much more than through stereoscopy than most publications-from the National printing views of the actual other means, and we will make the Geographic to Sunset. The new look destruction in New York that may pages of Stereo World available for on the cover of this SW issue isn't have been taken, although those those capturing both the inspiring designed to boost newsstand sales could of course be included. Any and the depressing images result- (we don't have any), but to allow full stereo documentation of the ing from this wrenching turn of more flexibility in the way we historical impact could also history. ma feature images from various stereo include images of everything from formats. public events around the U.S. and Previous cover designs (the arch- the world to pictures of individuals top frame and later the rounded- responding in their own ways. comer square frame of recent When years) have required that both cur- an event changes every- rent and historic images be forced thing everywhere, the possibility into a rigid format shapt-requir- for stereographic coverage becomes ing some brutal cropping of the equally wide. original picture in many cases. By I eliminating a frame altogether, images can be used in ways that best suit them. Many Realist for- mat shots can be presented on covers as "full bleed" images filling the page, while vintage views can be reproduced as an enlargement of a full half card without cropping into any part of the image. This will also allow the repro- duction of other formats in their original shape, such as View-Mas- U.S. membership mailed third class ($26). ter, 6 X 13 glass views, and video or movie frames. In short, it will U.S. membership mailed first class for faster delivery ($38). be the images that determine the C] Foreign membership mailed surface rate, and first class to Canada ($38). look of the cover rather than the other way around. Foreign membership mailed international airmail ($56). And Then There's CHANGE... Just as this issue was being com- pleted, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C. took place. Exactly how much that day will change everything remains to be seen, but the poten- tial is more than just big, it's omi- nous. As a publication devoted to Viewing the I Enchanted Islands well researched information the 3-D tour takes us inland for as Mark Blum's previous some fascinating views of the Mark e books. The only real differ- islands' volcanic geology and their I ence is that this one covers seven vegetative zones, from moss- I a specific location rather es to cactus.