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Photography, Panoramic Collections Featured: William Amos Haines 
 Exhibit of Cirkut prints by William Amos Haines (United States, active 1905-1940) who "used a Kodak No. 10 Cirkut camera to make negatives that are ten inches wide and up to twelve feet in length. Haines' panoramas, dating from 1905 through the 1940s were ... sold to schools for educational usage." Features a background essay and images of six works. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/2008.0037.0010/ Topics: Photography Last updated Jun 21, 2009 Don Bain's Virtual Guidebooks
"Nearly 3000 virtual reality photographic panoramas" provide 360-degree "immersive imagery" of places in the western United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), western Canada, Baja California, and the South Pacific. Features an interactive map and a geographic index. A thematic index covers topics such as bridges, gardens, ghost towns, and volcanoes. Searchable. http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/ Topics: North America, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology, Travel Sites by Continent Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Full Circle: Digital Panoramas
"Techniques for making panoramic photographs have been in use since about 1850." This exhibit considers the question, "Is the digital panorama process simply an update to these methods?" and notes that unlike the 19th century panorama-maker, "the digital panorama-maker cannot hide from an awareness of the process of assembling and simulating an image." Features over a dozen digital panoramas. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/circle/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Sep 18, 2006 panoguide.com
"This guide aims to reveal the secrets of good panoramic photography and to help amateurs and professionals alike create the very best panoramic images not just for use on websites but also for CD or print too." Includes instructions on creating virtual tours, authoring and viewer software, a gallery of eye-pleasing examples, and a glossary. http://www.panoguide.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography, Technology Last updated Aug 1, 2002 Panoramic Photographs: Taking the Long View, 1851-1991
Contains "approximately four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits." Subjects include "agricultural life; beauty contests; disasters; engineering work such as bridges, canals and dams; fairs and expositions; military and naval activities, especially during World War I; the oil industry; schools and college campuses, sports, and transportation." Includes a brief history of panoramic photography. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/panoramic_photo/ Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 9, 2004 The World Wide Panorama
"On Saturday, March 20, [2004] more than 180 photographers in 40 countries around the world celebrated the Equinox by creating VR [virtual reality] panoramas. This site showcases the results of their efforts." Features interactive panoramic images of the interior of a cockpit, the view from the top of the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, a waterfall in China, and more. Browsable by photographer or location. From the Geo-Images Project at University of California, Berkeley. http://worldwidepanorama.org/worldwidepanorama/wwp304/index.html Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Sep 17, 2009 |
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