From the Exhibition: Roger Lannes de Montebello (1908-1986): An Artist’s 40-Year Quest for 3-D Photography
CrystalChrome Viewing Screen, 1984. When this screen is placed over an Integram transparency a 3D image appears.
Roger de Montebello, CrystalChrome Viewing Screen with an array of 2,644 lenses, 1984/85; cast resin; 8 x 10 x .25 inches
The viewing screen is as crucial as the camera for the creation of an Integram 3D Photograph. When properly placed over an Integram photo transparency the screen’s multiple lenses integrate the 2,644 exposures into a single 3D image.
Integrated Images Inc., The Viewing Screen Mold, 1984; black-and-white photograph; 8 x 10 inches
Creating the viewing screen was almost as difficult as creating the camera. Each of the screen’s 2,644 lenses have a very precise dimensional relationship to one another. de Montebello needed to create a reusable mold because each Integram Photograph required its own screen. This 4-part photograph shows the reusable mold from different angles and a finished viewing screen.
Array lens mold, 1985; metal; 5.75 x 7.5 x 1.75 inches
Small mold designed to test casting of viewing screens.
From the Exhibition: Roger Lannes de Montebello (1908-1986): An Artist’s 40-Year Quest for 3-D Photography
Roger Lannes de Montebello (1908-1986): An Artist’s 40-Year Quest for 3-D Photography
Portrait Photograph of Roger Lannes de Montebello with CrystalChrome 3D Camera, 1984
Roger Lannes de Montebello (inventor), CrystalChrome 3D Camera, 1984
Roger Lannes de Montebello (inventor), CrystalChrome 3D Camera #4, 1985
Building the CrystalChrome Camera and the CrystalChrome Viewing Screen, 1985
Detail from the photo transparency for “Man with Camel Cigarettes” showing 50 of its 2,644 exposures. View the final 3D photograph here.
Portrait of Baby Alice Globus, Integram 3D Photograph, 1984
Portrait of M. Henry Jones, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Portrait of Gerard, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Clarinet, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Roger de Montebello, Hand Holding a Hot Dog, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Man with Camel Cigarettes, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Jell-O Box, Integram 3D Photograph, 1985/86
Small Portrait of Roger Lannes de Montebello, Integram 3D Photograph mounted by M. Henry Jones on a portable light box, 1990s
Large Portrait of Roger Lannes de Montebello, Integram 3D Photograph with new technology developed by M. Henry Jones, 1985-2005
Integrated Images Inc., a company created to develop and market the CrystalChrome Camera and Integram 3D Photographs, 1983-86
Marketing the CrystalChrome Camera. Logo designs (1983/84) by Roger Lannes de Montebello and publicity material produced for the New York Coliseum Photo Show (October 1985)
Roger Lannes de Montebello, working drawings and illustrated research notes, 1983-86
Patent Illustrations for “Space Photography,” a predecessor to the Integram system, 1951
Roger Lannes de Montebello, notebooks and illustrated research notes, 1960s-1970s
