3D and animated lenticular photography : between Utopia and entertainment / Kim Timby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timby, Kim, author.

Series:

Studies in theory and history of photography ; Volume 5.

Studies in Theory and History of Photography ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography, Stereoscopic.

Image processing.

Pattern perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Die bedeutende kulturelle Rolle der Fotografie und die Vielfalt fotografischer Praxis stehen zunehmend im Fokus wissenschaftlicher Studien. Die Publikation leistet einen Beitrag zu dieser neuen Fotografiegeschichte, indem sie sich jenen Bildern widmet, die dadurch den Eindruck belebter Dreidimensionalität erwecken, dass sie bewegt werden. Auf der Grundlage von Fallstudien werden diese Linsenraster- oder Lentikularbilder und ihre Verwendung in Wissenschaft und Popkultur untersucht.Die Motive, die die Neuentdeckung und Entwicklung dieser Technologie seit dem beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert vorwärts gebracht haben, werfen ein neues Licht auf unser Verhältnis zum fotografischen Realismus. Sie erhellen das Zusammenspiel von technischer Innovation und dem Verlangen nach Unterhaltung in der Fotografie.

Scholars are increasingly investigating photography’s broad cultural role, expanding our understanding of the diversity of photographic practices. Kim Timby contributes to this new history of photography by examining the multifaceted story of images that animate with a flick of the wrist or appear vividly three-dimensional without the use of special devices—both made possible by the lenticular process. Using French case studies, this volume broadly weaves 3D and animated lenticular imagery into scientific and popular culture, from early cinema and color reproduction to the birth of modern advertising and the market for studio portraits, postcards, and religious imagery. The motivations behind the invention and reinvention of this pervasive form of imagery, from the turn of the twentieth century through the end of the pre-digital era, shed new light on our relationship to photographic realism and on the forceful interplay in photography between technological innovation and the desire to be entertained. 3D and Animated Lenticular Photography: Between Utopia and Entertainment is a profusely illustrated and engaging interdisciplinary study of a wide-ranging body of images that have fascinated viewers for generations.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Stereoscopy without a Stereoscope

Chapter 2: Cinema in a Single Photo

Chapter 3: A Window onto the World

Chapter 4: 3D Portraiture and the Integral-Image Utopia

Chapter 5: Lights, Color, Action! Point-of-Sale Advertising

Chapter 6: A Lenticular Image in Every Home: Promotional Premiums

Chapter 7: The 3D Postcard

Chapter 8: The Limits of Lenticular Photography

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-044795-9

3-11-044806-8

OCLC:

918623404