the Shift is PARALLAX-SHIFT’s multi media magazine with long form, investigative articles, fresh perspectives and new approaches to stereoscopic communication, independent academic research, P-SSC Spotlights & more!
UPCOMING ARTICLES:
THE MARK- Investigating the Common Origin Story shared by a majority of Stereographers
DISCOVERING PSEUDOGRAMS- A multi part article chronicling the discovery of a stereogram that was overlooked throughout the history of stereo explorations and the factors and variables that lead to it.
THE ETERNAL DEBATE- Are wiggle gifs, which is a format actually named “Eternalism” by their original creator, Ken Jacobs, TRUE stereoscopic formats? We will take a look at both sides of the argument and I’ll pose a not often considered way to approach this highly debated format and let the reader decide which side of the fence they stand on.
THE POCKET SIZED, POLARIZED, STEREO CAPTURE & PROJECTION PRODUCTION STUDIO- You heard that right! Well show you everything you need to make stereoscopic polarized projections on the spot no matter where you might be!
A SPECIAL PARALLAX-SHIFT INVESTIGATIVE ARTICLE SERIES ON STEREOSCOPIC IMAGERY AND SOUND
VOLUMETRIC VISUALIZATIONS OF WAVEFORMS – Explorations into visualizations of three dimensional sound through volumetric waveform toys, harmonographs and oscilloscope patterns.
MONO SOUND, STEREO IMAGES- Encoding stereo imagery into sound files utilizing technology that is nearly as old as stereography/photography itself!
STEREOSCOPIC VINYL- A look at the stereoscopic formats used to market vinyl records, as well as the stereoscopic, holographic and other “specialty” imagery that contained in vinyl records themselves as they lend themselves to becoming a very suitable and novel substrate for visual stereoscopic communication.
NEW ARTICLES & CONTRIBUTING POSTS!
RECENT &PAST ARTICLES:
3-D Kids in a Candy Store- An absolutely wonderful afternoon with Stereographers Chris Dainty & Matt Infante in Aladdin’s Cave..
It was exactly a month ago to the day that I had the absolute pleasure of hosting a grand little impromptu get together with some world class stereographers at my apartment in NYC. An out of town stereographer friend contacted me about his…
INVISIBLE GIANTS- THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE TWIN RIG & SHUTTER SYNCING
I apologize for the delay in publishing parts 2 & 3 of this article. Our dear friend and mentor M Henry Jones was informing me on part 2 of this article and was to be featured heavily in it, but M. Henry Jones…
Stereoscopic Arifacts- The RAREST of the rare- Anaglyph Lantern Slides & Viewer
Pictured below, are images of a very rare set of Magic Lantern anaglyph slides and handheld anaglyph viewer. There is not a whole lot I can say about this set of anaglyph Magic Lantern slides or the viewer pictured above. The fact that…
Release Me- A quick Cable & Shutter release rundown- now with video posts! (edited 5/2/23)
EDIT: I seem to be having issues with my video posts and have now opened a new Instagram account https://instagram.com/psscddd?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= to act as a video back up. I appologize for the inconveniences this may have caused anyone and hope you can enjoy this…
JUST MY TYPE- the search for non-image Stereoscopic graphic design elements
https://spark.adobe.com/page/nf438IKdgDnHM/ Here is a link to an article I wrote prior to publishing PARALLAX-SHIFT. It is hosted on Adobe spark.
Making the CUT- 35mm REALIST FORMAT Stereo Slide cutting tools
Many people consider stereo slides to be the most immersive, impactful and transformative of the stereoscopic formats. The PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club proudly boasts quite a number of actively practicing 35mm and medium format stereo shooters and we make sure to survive this highly…
Ken Jacobs “Up the Illusion” opening reception, mini interview and the TRUE name of the “wiggle gif” format revealed.. (edit 5/2/23)
EDIT: This post has been edited and updated with a new snapshot gallery from P-SSC Peter Marsilio as well as new video embeds from the new PSSCDDD backup video account. 5/2/23 The PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club had a little meetup at the opening reception…
Devising Capture Devices for the Chester Burger Realist Stereo Slide Collection
One of the ongoing Stereo-History/Cultural Heritage projects the PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club is undertaking is documenting and promoting the Chester Burger stereo slide collection which is housed between the NYPL and NYHS. The collection is practically unknown to the outside world and is obviously…
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