FOREGROUND & BIO: Sharon McCormack, photographer and film-maker joined forces with Lloyd Cross and the San Francisco School of Holography in the early 1970's to create, disseminate, and later educate, and distribute world-wide a new form of holographic motion-pictures, 'the Multiplex Hologram, or as it was known in tech circles, the 'holographic stereogram' and 'integral hologram'. McCormack's work would extend far beyond the San Francisco circle and continued into the 1990's in White Salmon, Washington. This remarkable collection is a cultural and historical resource spanning an exciting time in the evolution of holography as a 3D display medium which could 'project' motion-pictures within a cylinder illuminated by a plain lightbulb.

BACKGROUND TO MULTIPLEX: 'Multiplex Holograms' were invented by Lloyd Cross, with the assistance of Michael Kan and others associated with the SF School of Holography. Cross 'solved' the problem of creating 'motion-picture holographic stereograms' (from motion-picture film strips) that were first viewable only in 'laser light' and subsequently improved to be viewable in 'white-light' illumination (a cheaper, more popular alternative). This invention, of course, follows on the footsteps of 1960's inventions in holography which hit their stride in the 1970's. When Cross joined forces with some skin-film producers to create a shooting studio, the productions took off. View the catalog below. "Multiplex" became a 'trademark' or label for this process, later renamed by Cross, McCormack & others as "integral holography" with a nod to Gabriel Lippman's 'integral photography'.

Visit: Multiplex Apparatus Technology & Printers

Sample hologram projection unit - display unit for McCormack Multiplex holographic stereograms ('integrals')- 360 degree motorized cylinder & walk-around view. The 3D image with horizontal parallax only 'floats' in the center of a moving cyliner which is illuminated by a white light bulb. The 3D images move in various actions and in slow motion.

The 'holographic stereogram' (or 'integral') combines 2D cinematography showing horizontal parallax and motion with 'holographic printing' (using Cross' invented 'printers'- Mark I to Mark V - as improved on by Sharon McCormack and Cross lenses). This was a remarkable development in holography with a world-wide impact.Viewers could 'walk around' a movie playing in 360 degrees with an image appearing to float in a cylinder. It suggested 'holographic TV' or 'holographic movies' and were exhibited in the 1970's and continuing through the 1990's, 2000's.

On display @ Visual Alchemy

Creations by Sharon McCormack -- multiplex motion-picture holographic stereograms and embossed holographic works in various mass mediums - collaborations indicated.

This is the 'largest and most complete exhibition - collection - archives of Multiplex holography' currently in existence in (all of) Canada and the US West-Coast. It is available for special exhibition, tours, installation. See McCormack Collection & Archives Terms for more information.

These Works can be rented/leased individually or in curated groups

More Embossed Holograms by McCormack

360 degree motion-picture holographic stereograms of sports celebrities by Sharon McCormack 1990's

Michael Jordan 1991 and Rickey Henderson 1993

       

'The Embrace' by Sharon McCormack

360 deg. Multiplex motion-picture Holographic Stereogram

Sample Views in anaglyph 3D

Four views in time, in anaglyph 3D , of multiplex holographic stereogram - hologram "The Embrace" by Sharon McCormack - Stereo 3D photos by Al Razutis

The Embrace 1 min. video clip on YouTube - in 3D

Early Multiplex and School of Holography Histories on the Web:

'The Story of Multiplex' & School of Holography by Lloyd Cross (.PDF)

Multiplex Company Catalog - Distribution Flyer late 1970's (.PDF downloadable file)

VIDEOS in 3D and 2D of Holograms @ Visual Alchemy (FaceBook)

The Curator's Room - Pre-Installations - Research - All Topics - Various Authors

Multiplex motion-picture holograms by Sharon McCormack and Lloyd Cross inlcuding early computer-generated holograms by McCormack

Including early works, later finds, and works by other holographic artists

VIDEOS in 3D and 2D of Holograms @ Visual Alchemy (FaceBook)

Sharon McCormack Computer Graphics - Holographics

PDF Sheets on Computer Graphics

SPIE 1986 Paper by McCormack:   "Special Effects Techniques for Integral Holograms"

The Computer-generated and re-printed as Multiplex holographic stereograms in this collection represent some of the earliest and best works in this field. Sharon McCormack is credited with analog and digital creations displayed as Multiplex holographic stereograms or on embossed foils from the beginnings of these forms of holographics to more graphically sophisticated creations viewed as 360 degree viewable virtual images in space.

Sharon McCormack computer and holographics with Ken Haynes and American Banknote Holographics - Embossed in Ads

PDF Sheets on Computer Graphics

SPIE 1986 Paper by McCormack:   "Special Effects Techniques for Integral Holograms"

Sharon MacCormack Holograms for Medical Profession

Sharon worked on a stereo magnetic resonance (MRI) hologram of a "child's brain vasculature" with Dr. Les Folio in 1989.
This multiplex holographic stereogram (integral) is in the MIT Museum Collection & Archives.

'Tribal Holograms' - Sharon McCormack Solo Exhibition
Maryhill Museum of Art on the Columbia River

August 21 - September 15, 1995

EXHIBITION CATALOG:   "15   holographic movies showing tribal members of the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon in their native dress. The exhibition travelled to science and art museums as well as American Indian cultural centers in the pacific northwest of America."

NEWS ARTICLES - Maryhill 1995 Exhibition - PDF file

Motion-picture holographic portraits of Native American Indians
by Sharon McCormack

NEWS ARTICLES - Maryhill 1995 Exhibition - PDF file

Holographic Portraits of Famous Individuals

Works by others - Printed by Sharon McCormack - Collection Copies:

'Brain of Alice Cooper' by Dali (Selwyn Lissack, Russell Beal)   -   'Dali Paints Gala' by Salvador Dali (Selwyn Lissack, Hart Perry) - Collection Copies.

Motion-picture Holographic Stereogram "Dali Painting Gala" by Salvador Dali, produced by Selwyn Lissak, cinematography Hart Perry - several views

Holographic Stereogram Portaits by Sharon McCormack
Rainbow Transmission & Embossed Versions

Embossed CD Covers and Graphics from McCormack integrals

'Michael Jordan' 360 Degree Motion-Picture Holographic Stereogram on Film
by Sharon McCormack

Stereo 3D Anaglyph photos of details from 360 degree motion-picture cylinder portrait of Michael Jordan by Sharon McCormack

>> Short VIDEO CLIP of MICHAEL JORDAN 360 HOLOGRAM on FACEBOOK

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