by joshua heineman                        ( about cb )

I wrote an essay (published here) for The Huffington Post concerning my long-simmering collaboration w/an experimental group at the New York Public Library that peaked today w/the launch of the Stereogranimator, a website application that lets anyone explore & share 3D mashups of the library’s stereograph collection à la my Reaching for the Out of Reach.

If that isn’t cool enough (then who are you? Cary Grant?), The New York Times did an ArtsBeat piece about the project today. I couldn’t be happier.

My work may have inspired this app but the NYPL Labs team is visionary. & this is all to say… go click, share & get lost in these funny flickering things!

[ GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator ]

“What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library” (article here)

Alexis Madrigal, a senior editor at The Atlantic, mentioned my ongoing Reaching for the Out of Reach project & linked to cursivebuildings.com yesterday in a real interesting article on all the good things NYPL is doing w/its archives. Rad! So happy to play a part in these important discussions. Back when this project first gained notice on a large scale, the library contacted me out of the blue &, to my surprise, were very supportive of the endeavor (… as I hadn’t exactly asked permission to re-imagine their archived stereographs). It’s great to see them get positive press in response to their initiative on this matter.

ps. Interesting topic? A previous, related post.

Reaching for the Out of Reach 60:

A young man rests at Peru Fork, Colorado, circa 1875.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 59:

A bicycle race near the finish line, New York, 1890.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 58:

Placing steel beams in a skyscraper, New York City, circa 1909.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 57:

A party game of croquet, Georgia, circa 1885.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 56:

The surging sea of humanity, Chicago, 1893.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 55:

Child suspended on a lily leaf raft, St. Paul, circa 1883.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 54:

Medicine Bottle awaits his execution, Fort Snelling, circa 1864.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 53:

A little boy & his toys, New Hampshire, circa 1876.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 52:

American beauty on the steep banks of Niagara Falls, circa 1899.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 51:

Peering down the river wharf, Savannah, circa 1895.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 50:

A woman watches an arriving stage coach, Yellowstone, circa 1886.

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