Launched on World Stereoscopic Day, this lavishly illustrated book shows the unique skills of a gifted, amateur pioneer of 3D photographer, Reginald Grove. A country doctor in the early 20th century, he followed in the footsteps of Victorian pioneers, like the celebrated Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson, in developing stereoscopic photography. In addition to being a member of the United Stereoscopic Society, Reginald was elected in 1925 as President of The Stereoscopic Society and served in this role for 23 years until his death in 1948. He was elected a member of the Royal Photographic Society. He was a regular exhibitor at their annual exhibitions in the years up to the Second World War and became well known for the quality and composition of his work, particularly of his character studies of country folk, most of whom were his patients. Examples of his photography are now held in the George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Viewing the stereo images with a simple, hand held, modern 3D viewer will bring Reginald’s work to life; the Lite OWL is an inexpensive viewer which can be bought online from the London Stereoscopic Company Ltd: https://shop.londonstereo.com/lsc-owl-viewer.html ‘…this is a charming biography of a highly skilled exponent of stereoscopic photography…a book to be enjoyed again and again.’ Bridget Flanagan, local historian, and author. ‘…an engaging biographical study and social history of the interwar period of a remarkable amateur photographer, illustrated with Reginald Groves’ outstanding stereo-photographs.’ Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS, photographic historian, author of A History of Photography in 50 Cameras and advisor and contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth Century Photography. ‘…sit back and enjoy this book – it serves not just a history of one remarkable man but as a history of Stereoscopic photography too!’ Helen Bovill, Chair, The Stereoscopic Society.
