Marcel·lí Gausachs i Gausachs (1891–1931) was a

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

photographer, from the northeast of Spain. Little is known of his life. He was a member of the photographic section of the

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. He specialised in

stereoscopic photography Stereoscopy (also called stereoscopics, or stereo imaging) is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision. The word ''stereoscopy'' derives . Any stereoscopic image is ...

, a technique in which two pictures are taken from slightly different positions; when looked at in a viewer which presents only one picture to each eye, this produces an illusion of 3D. His subject-matter was the architecture, landscape and human activity of

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and Spain, and to a lesser extent of France and Belgium, in the early years of the 20th century. The

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holds 349 of his

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s (119 positives and 230 negatives) in the as a historical resource.

Gallery

File:Barcelona, vista des de Montjuïc.jpeg, View of

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from Montjuic, Catalonia File:Barques a la platja de Cotlliure amb l'església al fons.jpeg, Boats on the beach at

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, southern France File:Absis de Sant Miquel de la Seu d'Urgell.jpg, The church of , attached to

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, Catalonia File:Altar Major de l'església d'Osor.jpeg, The high altar of ,

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, Catalonia File:Restauració d'una torre medieval a Béthune.jpg, The , Béthune, northern France, under restoration

References

1891 births Date of birth missing Place of birth missing 1931 deaths Date of death missing Place of death missing Photographers from Catalonia Stereoscopic photography {{Europe-photographer-stub