Roger Lannes de Montebello (inventor), CrystalChrome 3D Camera, 1984

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CrystalChrome 3D Camera, 1984; resin & mixed media; 11 x 12.5 x 1 inches

Roger de Montebello’s CrystalChrome camera has 2,644 lenses each of which records a small part of the subject from slightly different angles. When taking a picture the camera is placed a mere ¾ of an inch from the subject.

Front View

Back View

Mock-up configuration of the lenses, 1983; plastic; 4.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches

D.K. for Integrated Images Inc., Drawing of an individual lens showing all of its components, 1984; graphite on vellum; 13.75 x 12 inches

This drawing details the parts that make up each of the 2,644 lenses that comprise the “lens screen” of a CrystalChrome 3D Camera.

Roger Lannes de Montebello

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Roger Lannes de Montebello (1908–1986): A 40-Year Quest for 3-D Photography
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Although Philippe de Montebello, the former Metropolitan Museum director is well-known, few people have heard about his father Roger de Montebello and his life-long creative obsession with three-dimensional photography.