[Invited speaker:] The monastery of Piedra in professional stereoscopic photography, 19th and 20th centuries. 4th International Conference Stereo & Immersive Media, Lusofona University, Lisboa
Researcher:
Hernández Latas, José Antonio
Congress:
4th International Conference Stereo & Immersive Media, Lusofona University, Lisboa
Participation type:
Ponencia plenaria e invitada
Year:
2020
Location:
Lisboa
The Cistercian Piedra Monastery and its landscape are currently one of the most important tourist assets in the province of Zaragoza, in Spain. After its confiscation between 1835 and 1837, its subsequent conversion into a guesthouse attracted numerous and illustrious visitors, as well as painters and photographers, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Since then, the picturesque beauty of the Piedra River waterfalls generated the production and commercialization of numerous albums and collections of photographic views. Among the formats sold with greatest success, stand out the series of stereoscopic photographs, made and put on sale, from the 1860s, by prestigious photographers such as Jean Laurent, Mariano Júdez or, by the beginning of the 20th century, by the firms Fernández and González, Sociedad Estereoscópica Española, Rellev and El Turismo Práctico. The commercial success of stereoscopic photography was such that this format survived commercially until the 1950s and 1960s, the era of plastic, with two collections of 3-D color slides about the monastery, marketed by the companies Arpa Color S.A. and Stereofilm, respectively.
The Cistercian Piedra Monastery and its landscape are currently one of the most important tourist assets in the province of Zaragoza, in Spain. After its confiscation between 1835 and 1837, its subsequent conversion into a guesthouse attracted numerous and illustrious visitors, as well as painters and photographers, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Since then, the picturesque beauty of the Piedra River waterfalls generated the production and commercialization of numerous albums and collections of photographic views. Among the formats sold with greatest success, stand out the series of stereoscopic photographs, made and put on sale, from the 1860s, by prestigious photographers such as Jean Laurent, Mariano Júdez or, by the beginning of the 20th century, by the firms Fernández and González, Sociedad Estereoscópica Española, Rellev and El Turismo Práctico. The commercial success of stereoscopic photography was such that this format survived commercially until the 1950s and 1960s, the era of plastic, with two collections of 3-D color slides about the monastery, marketed by the companies Arpa Color S.A. and Stereofilm, respectively.