Ethan Turpin

To make the “Stereocollision” series, Turpin digitally mixes images appropriated from antique 3D photocards to present intimate visual spaces where histories are compressed. Over the years, Turpin has been visiting UCR/California Museum of Photography’s vast Keystone-Mast Stereographic archive as one major source for his raw material from which to make his digital mash-ups. The “Minor Miracle” set of wall-mounted pieces draw on the magic and weight of religious themes, using the classic double hump stereographic format on the scale of medieval diptychs. Viewers experience a 3D vision as they observe composite scenes of both natural disaster and spiritual harmony.

Organized by UCR California Museum of Photography, and curated by Leigh Gleason, Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography.