In 1976, after living in France for a year, I enrolled as a Studio Art Major at Concordia University in Montreal. Two years later, I decided to push it by taking a course at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta. There I studied representational painting with David MacMillan. He was an accomplished painter and stereographer. David introduced me to the amazing world of stereoscopic imagery by taking my portrait against a backdrop of the Rocky Montains. With that one photo I realized how much is missing from regular 2D photography. Seen as a regular photo, what you see behind me, appears as a slope full of rocks going up the mountain. However, when viewed stereoscopically, a sharp drop-off right behind me is plainly evident with a gulf of hundreds of yards between me and the slope going up the mountain beyond.

Portrait

I began taking photos with a tripod and a borrowed Pentax 1000 35 mm. camera from the university. Of course, I could only photograph sculptures and still-lifes. Soon after a stroke of luck befell me, when a woman I met told me her mother did 3D photography many years ago. I asked her if she had any of the photos so I could see them. No she said but she did have a camera she would like to sell. I ended up buying a Stereo Realist camera and a Realist Red Button Viewer for $30. with a 16mm projector thrown into the bargain. Since that time, I have documented my travels around the world in stereo photography. Some of these images are at Sacred Sites and at Vrbi et Orbi.

I am now more interested in doing the kinds of images that require reflection upon the fascinating art of stereoscopy, such as Apparatus to View the Ilusion of Four Dimensionality which can be seen at Winner's Gallery or the other images seen at 3D Clichés.

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