VSC Meeting, October 2026

Sunday, October 11th 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CEST

This time we have two pre­sen­ta­tions that take us to very dif­fer­ent land­scapes and peri­ods in the his­to­ry of stere­oscopy. Andrew Lau­ren will explore how stereo­scop­ic pho­tog­ra­phy doc­u­ment­ed the open­ing up and devel­op­ment of the Grand Canyon, pre­serv­ing views of a land­scape and its ear­ly vis­i­tors that have long since dis­ap­peared. Gert-Jan Wolk­ers, mean­while, will bring us much clos­er to the present with his per­son­al approach to stereo pho­tog­ra­phy and 3D time­lapse, includ­ing recent work made in the Dutch dunes with com­pact dig­i­tal equipment.

We’re look­ing for­ward to our next Zoom meet­ing on Sun­day, Octo­ber 11th.

History

The Grand Canyon in 3D

Andrew Lau­ren

The Grand Canyon in Ari­zona is a world-renowned des­ti­na­tion, vis­it­ed by near­ly 5 mil­lion peo­ple each year. That was­n’t always the case. Almost 160 years ago it was essen­tial­ly a blank space on a map, and very few peo­ple went there, oth­er than min­ers, until a rail­road line reached it 125 years ago. 

Stereo­scop­ic pho­tog­ra­phy doc­u­ment­ed much of this evo­lu­tion and pre­serves images of these near­ly for­got­ten devel­op­ments. Andrew gives an overview of that sto­ry using images from his per­son­al collection.

Photographer Spotlight

Mornings in the Dutch Dunes

Gert-Jan Wolk­ers

Gert-Jan’s inter­est in 3D was sparked by View-Mas­ter reels as a child. He began stereo pho­tog­ra­phy at 19 with a Pen­tax ME and beam split­ter, lat­er used cus­tom-built ana­logue and dig­i­tal stereo cam­eras, and has tak­en his gear to places as far away as Antarc­ti­ca. In recent years he has been drawn to 3D time­lapse, shoot­ing with his iPhone (using apps like i3DPhotocam and i3DSteroid by Masu­ji Suto) and, since 2024, the Xre­al Beam Pro, whose wide-angle capa­bil­i­ties he loves. 

Many of you will know him as pres­i­dent of the Dutch stereo club for near­ly 12 years, edi­tor of its mag­a­zine for near­ly 8, and for­mer (Vice-)President of the Inter­na­tion­al Stereo­scop­ic Union.

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