Stereo photographs

The fascination of stereophotography lies in its three-dimensional effect: a subject is photographed from different angles (corresponding to the viewing angles of our eyes). Since the early 1850s, this photographic technique gained increasing popularity, and stereocard images became highly valued collectibles. They depict, for example, landmarks in distant locations, exotic plants, the first astronomical photographs of the Moon, as well as war destructions. Often, the originally black-and-white photographs were hand-colored, lending the images a particularly vivid appearance.

The bpk-Fotoarchiv holds a large number of stereophotographs covering a wide range of subjects, of which this dataset presents a selection (35 images).

Selection: Moon photographs, still lifes, genre scenes, etc.