Welcome to the London Stereoscopic Company
The London Stereoscope (later ‘Stereoscopic’) Company was founded in 1854 to photograph, manufacture, and sell stereo views and viewers to a public enthralled by all things 3-D. Ten years later, the craze had subsided, and following a series of diversifications which kept it afloat, by the start of 1922 the company was dissolved.
[The History of the LSC link]I acquired the shell of the London Stereoscopic Company (LSC) in 2005 with the aim of resurrecting it and sharing the joys of stereoscopy (3-D) with the world. Our mission would remain the same as it had been back in the 1850s ‘A Stereoscope in every Home’.
Nearly twenty years on, the LSC has grown into a successful international publishing company, issuing books and card sets of historic Victorian stereos from my collection, modern stereoscopic compilations, a range of 3-D space and astronomy titles, and the book I wrote about Queen featuring stereo photographs I have taken ever since the early 1970s when we initially got together. All this is supported by a wide range of the stereoscopes I designed to view the stereo photographs. We call them OWLs !
We have sold hundreds of thousands of our products, and the books have been translated into many languages ! In 2023, I passed my archive of more than 200,000 stereo photographs to the Nation as part of what is now known as the ‘Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy’ (BMAS), thus creating a permanent independent national centre of excellence for the study of stereoscopy. BMAS shares our research findings, provides information and gives talks, and sets a standard for identifying and appreciating these beautiful images.
For further information see [BMAS website link].
I hope you will get as much enjoyment as I have in the magical world of stereoscopy – our books, cards and viewers await you, and we also offer advice on how to take pictures yourself. Please do keep up to date with the latest releases by the LSC by becoming a friend of the LSC [link]. And let us know what you think of our wares by leaving a review in our online shop !
Sir Brian May
