Napoleon III, the Second Empire and Stereoscopic photography

Abundantly illustrated, this book retraces the major stages in the life of the imperial family through numerous original or restored stereoscopic photographs that can be seen in relief thanks to the glasses inserted in the book, but also classic photographs. Published in the year of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of the last French sovereign before the definitive establishment of the Republic, this work makes rediscover by the image a man, a family and a destiny finally a little forgotten today, even then that historians rediscover the economic, cultural and social importance of the Second Empire, a time when France entered the modern world at full steam. The photography historian Denis Pellerin examines the places where Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie and the Prince Imperial lived, and continues with a study of the famous or little-known photographers for whom they posed. The author also analyzes the privileged relationship of the imperial family with photography and its use for the purposes of personal and political promotion. Denis Pellerin is a photography historian with a passion for stereoscopy. For more than forty years he has been studying and researching the history of his favorite medium. He has written fifteen books and more than sixty articles on the subject, in English and French. Since 2012, Denis Pellerin has curated some 200,000 images from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy. Both have collaborated on five books and worked on future publications while being involved in the multiple activities of the London Stereoscopic Company, re-established in 2006 by Dr May. Over the past five years he has given over a hundred lectures on various aspects of stereoscopic photography at the Century. Bound book richly illustrated with many stereoscopic photographs, with glasses inserted in the cover for relief viewing of stereo photographs. Format 28 x 23.5 cm, approximately 240 pages, four-color printing, in French, but a english version of texts could be ask anc send by mail to owner of the book.