VSC Meeting, October 2025

Sunday, October 5th at 2:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CEST

We have an extra­or­di­nary pro­gram lined up for Octo­ber 5th — one that blends his­to­ry, artistry, and a touch of the supernatural.

We are hon­ored to wel­come Paula Flem­ing, renowned pho­to his­to­ri­an and co-author of the defin­i­tive book Dia­b­leries: Stereo­scop­ic Adven­tures in Hell. Paula’s pre­sen­ta­tion will explore the his­to­ry, artistry, and endur­ing lega­cy of these remark­able stere­os. We’re absolute­ly delight­ed to host her for what promis­es to be an unfor­get­table talk. 

After­ward we will dive into the shad­ows of the sea­son! We’re hav­ing a chill­ing com­mu­ni­ty slideshow — ghosts, dark­ness, and eerie Dia­b­leries wel­come. Sub­mit your spook­i­est stere­os under the theme “Spooky Octo­ber” until Octo­ber 4th by send­ing us up to 2 to contact@vsc3d.com!

History

Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell

Paula Flem­ing

In the 1860s the French were unhap­py with Napoleon III, but with no free­dom of speech, couldn’t express their dis­plea­sure. They also loved all things dev­il­ish. Pho­tog­ra­phy pro­vid­ed a per­fect out­let com­bin­ing these through stere­os, espe­cial­ly tis­sue views. Two photographers/ sculp­tors, cre­at­ed dio­ra­mas depict­ing life in Hell peo­pled by Satan and his skele­tons. Their first views were reli­gious to bypass the cen­sors, but soon scenes made veiled com­ments on the Emper­or, which evolved into pure­ly humor­ous views.

Community

Community Slideshow: Spooky October

fea­tur­ing you!

Shops may be stack­ing up pump­kins and cos­tumes, but our theme goes deep­er than Hal­loween. We’re putting togeth­er a com­mu­ni­ty slideshow with a spooky Octo­ber theme — and we’d love your stere­os! Send in up to 2 stere­os:

• Ghosts, shad­ows, or any­thing unsettling
• Your own dark inter­pre­ta­tion of the season
• Or even a mod­ern twist on the famous Dia­b­leries 

Dead­line: Octo­ber 4th
Email sub­mis­sions to: contact@vsc3d.com

Let’s gath­er an unfor­get­table col­lec­tion of haunt­ing and spine-chill­ing stere­os to share with the group.

Meeting Info

At the meet­ing time, click the red but­ton on vsc3d.com. Please use a nick­name cor­re­spond­ing with your sub­scrip­tion so that we can iden­ti­fy you in the wait­ing room. If you should expe­ri­ence prob­lems access­ing the meet­ing page, just send us a short mes­sage to contact@vsc3d.com and we will send you the direct link for the cur­rent meeting.

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