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Brian May: 'A Village Lost and Found' Free

18 Jul – 25 Sep 2011

Exhibition

Dimbola Museums and Galleries

Terrace Lane
Freshwater Bay
PO40 9QE

01983 756 814

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Brian May: 'A Village Lost and Found' Free

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Friday 1st July 2011 to Sunday 25th September 2011

Dimbola Museum and Galleries are delighted to announce a 3D exhibition based around Brian May & Elena Vidal's book A VILLAGE LOST & FOUND.

Brian May, renowned guitarist/song-writer of the legendary band Queen, is less well-known for his lifelong passion for stereoscopic, or 3D, photography.

A product of over 30 years exhaustive research, A VILLAGE LOST & FOUND presents an exquisite set of stereo photographs showing the life of an Oxfordshire village 150 years ago. These beautifully reproduced photographs by pioneering stereographer T.R. Williams reveal a rural idyll that was fast disappearing.

Brian May, CBE, PhD, FRAS, is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer.

Brian had to postpone a career in astronomy when Queen's popularity first exploded, but, after an incendiary 30 years as a rock musician, was able to return to astrophysics in 2006, when he completed his PhD, and co-authored his first book, Bang! The Complete History of the Universe, with Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott. Stereography has been a life-long passion for Brian.

Elena Vidal has worked as a conservator of paintings in Florence, Spain and the UK. She graduated as an MA in Photographic Conservation at the Camberwell School of Arts, and has subsequently specialised in the history of stereoscopic photography.

Since meeting Brian May in 1997, Elena has collaborated with him on a long-term study of Thomas Richard Williams, and has published a number of articles.



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