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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809667003321

Autore

Timby Kim

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2015

ISBN

3-11-044795-9

3-11-044806-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Studies in Theory and History of Photography ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

778.4

Soggetti

Photography, Stereoscopic

Image processing

Pattern perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.