[photo-3d] Simon Bell's 3D exhibit

[Simon Bell <sbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear friends and fellow 3D enthousiasts,

I would like to invite you to my stereo photography exhibit, here in Toronto, called STEREOJETS: TRAVELS IN THE THIRD DIMENSION. 
The public opening/neibourhood party is Saturday, May 6th, from 7-10 PM but I am also hosting a private opening for my family and friends on Sunday, May 7th, from 1PM to 5PM.
 The exhibit is at the ALCHEMY ARTIST CENTRE and is located at 3038 Dundas Street West (Dundas and High Park Ave). 3D glasses will be provided and refreshments will be served!

If you can't make it for either of those times the gallery will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, noon to 6 PM and Thursdays until 8PM, from May 6th through May 31st, though I may not personally be there when you come.

The show is part of CONTACT2000, the annual photography festival in Toronto. A guide to the festival is available at all LCBO outlets.

My press release, with a short description of the exhibit, is reproduced below. I look forward to seeing you at the show.

Simon.

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For Immediate Release


CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER DEBUTS NEW 3D PRINT MEDIUM


-First exhibit of its kind in Canada-


TORONTO, April, 2000 - Simon M. Bell, photographer of five stereo nature books, exhibits his work in a new medium, displayed for the first time in Canada, called the StereoJet print.

The exhibit, StereoJets: Travels in the Third Dimension, runs from May 6th to May 31st at the Alchemy Artist Centre, 3038 Dundas St. West, at High Park Ave., in Toronto. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 12-6 PM, Thursday till 8 PM.

Combining the traditional techniques of stereo photography with advanced digital printing technology, these images transcend the normal viewing experience. Large, full colour, polarized prints allow the viewer to see these remarkable images in all three dimensions.

The photographs have been chosen to reflect Mr. Bell’s wide ranging interests and travel destinations. From the mud and mayhem of Woodstock ‘94 to the delicate threads of a spider’s web, each image is enhanced by the added third dimension.

“There are limits to what we are capable of seeing with our standard-issue eyeballs”, says Mr. Bell. “By expanding or contracting the 3rd dimension, stereography gives us a magic window into our world. We see a flower as a bee might see it. We see clouds as if we were giants.”

Mr. Bell has produced five 3D children’s nature books for Somerville House Books Ltd. He is currently working on the sixth and seventh books in the Eye-to Eye series, “Butterflies and Moths” and “Animals of the Serengeti”.

The exhibit will be the first in Canada to use a newly developed stereo-print technology.  The idea for polarized printing was originally developed years ago by Edward Land, the inventive founder of Polaroid. Today the Rowlands Research Institute, in Cambridge Massachusetts, continues his work. By combining polarization with digital ink-jet technology, they have created a new kind of colour print that shows full depth when viewed with polarized glasses.

StereoJets: Travels in the Third Dimension is part of CONTACT 2000, the 4th annual Toronto Photography Festival.

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For more information, please contact: 	Simon Bell
					            (416) 362-8700




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