Proven: history loves GIFs. Thanks NYPL!
The Library has just launched Stereogranimator, a site that lets users turn our historic collection of stereographs into animated images like the one above.
So cool! Also, per the Times: “Stereographs, produced by the millions between the 1850s and the 1930s, were a wildly popular form of entertainment…” So really, people have ALWAYS loved gifs!
I’VE ONLY BEEN SAYING THIS FOR AGES ALREADY.
Wigglepic, just a little bit
Thanks to the 3DS’s two external camera’s and the very useful 3D Porch sharing site, wiggly pictures like this one of a dog staring wistfully out the window are the thing. Sharing 3D photos on non-3D displays is difficult, but creating a GIF animation from the left/right photos is the next best thing. Why? Because it’s wiggly.
We’ve done out part to feature outstanding wigglepics here, but a couple blogs have popped up to serve this fad’s fanbase, some of which we’ve collected here:
- Wigglevision - wigglepics from art/indie dudes Mare Odomo, Cory Schmitz, and Brandon Boyer
- Fuck Yeah, 3DS Photography - reader submissions welcome / offers a guide for uploading photos
1) The Nintendo 3DS enables easy creation of stereoscopic images via animated GIFs. And now I fucking want one.
2) Bonus points to Tiny Cartridge for the titular 2 in a Room reference.
I guess I’m not the only one who thought Stereoscope —> GIF was a good idea.
(photo is of a hippo being fed at the Central Park Zoo, stereoscope from New York Public Library)
The Stereoscope is back and better than ever »
Or so Douglas Haddow has alerted me.
Life Of An Archivist: Now I want (Or, rather, Have ALWAYS wanted) to see digital exhibits where archives take old stereoscopes and convert them to animated GIFs to create this effect.
Sidenote: If you’re viewing this via Tumblr Dashboard, you’ll have to click through… How has Tumblr not fixed its photo post vs. animated GIF issues yet?
