Dear list members,
After many years of research Denis Pellerin (author and co-author on many historical photo books) is finishing and preparing his long awaited book on the French stereo Diableries.
An intriguing set of 19th. century stereo albumin photographs depicting daily life in hell.
Involved in the project are Paula Fleming (American photographic expert) and Brian May (Queen’s guitarist, doctor in astronomy and major photo collector)
On the occasion for the 2012 publication of the book the ‘American National Stereoscopic Association’ (NSA) will soon publish an groundbreaking article on the Diablerie photographs in their leading magazine Stereo World. http://www.stereoview.org/stereoworld.html
Very recently Brian May launched several diablerie web pages on the web site of the ‘London Stereoscopic Company’, announcing this same book and illustrating many beautiful samples of the stereo Diableries.
See: http://www.londonstereo.com/diableries/index.html
These samples illustrate both day and night effects of the photographs since many of the original Diablerie views where published as transparent dioramic tissue-effect views. (similar to 18th. century optical views known as peepshow views or the French Vue d’Optique)
Other samples can be seen on various Visual Media web pages starting at:
http://www.media-archaeology.eu/diableries.html and following subsequent links on the bottom of this page.
For those who known Brian May’s earlier photo book ‘A Village Lost and Found’, the Diablerie book will be published with the same and rarely seen high printing quality.
Denis Pellerin’s many years of research unveils a great amount of new information regarding the makers and true meaning of these rare 19th century photographs.
Research call:
Unlike the many historical new information’s discovered by Pellerin, to date no original parts and props used to make these photographs where rediscovered.
In regard of this the authors and everybody-else involved with the production of the book thinks on miniature skeletons and devil figurines.
Key question is, do some of these still exist?
Due to the subject matter it is possible that suchlike props ended up in collections that are less or not familiar with historical photography.
For example Memento Mori and Danse Macabre collections.
Any tip which lead to the discovery of original props (used to make the Diablerie photographs) preceding the publication of the book will be greatly appreciated, as well as post publication discoveries.
Spreading the news as widely as possible can help in finding the elusive and missing objects.
Please send any possible information to the author Denis Pellerin.
A thousand thanks for your important help in trying to trace some of the original miniature dioramic displays or any fragmentary element used for creating this 19th century HELL.
Thomas
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