P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 3126

["David Stuckey" <dstuckey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Weiler wrote:

> 1) Is Charles Waldack a well known stereo photographer?
> 2) If so, is his work primarily cave stereo?
> 3) Do the test shots he took exist, and if so are they perhaps some 
> of the rarest cave stereo cards?"
> 
> Charles Waldack apparently photographed around Cincinnati and northern
> Kentucky, although I have only a few of his views.  He's best known for
> his Mammoth Cave stereos, which I believe were the first cave photographs
> taken using magnesium lighting.  According to Darrah, he made 80 stereo
> negatives at Mammoth Cave, so he got beyond the test shot stage alluded
> to in his letter.  42 of these were commercially issued and sold by
> Anthony, so they received wide distribution.  Darrah considers this
series
> the best cave stereo series ever produced, besides being the first.
> They're not especially rare and even show up on eBay from time to time,
> and there is usually significant interest in them.  

David Stuckey responds:

Refer to Chris Howe's book "To Photograph Darkness" the history of
underground and flash photography, where you will find extensive references
to Charles Waldack.


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