Very nice and formal introduction and very impressive achievements. Also, very nice web site.
There are some very talented practioners of kite photography in the san francisco bay area, particularly in Berkeley (e.g. see http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/) who produce stunning photography using that technique. It is great to know that you re-invented this amazing idea.
Thanks again for your introduction and we hope to see you around.
Achal
On 5/18/05, Michel Dusariez <dusariez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi to all of you,
As a new member of this list, may I present myself.
Michel Dusariez was born in 1938 in Brussels-
Belgium, where he still lives. In 1959 he
qualified as an Optician Optometrist at the
Centre for Applied Optical Science. Retired from
active business from may 2004.
Ever since the beginning of his career in 1960,
ophthalmic optician, Michel DUSARIEZ has explored
new aspects of photography.
In the eighties he rediscovered Kite Aerial
Photography, invention of the Frenchman Arthur
BATUT (1888) and shared it with the world with
the help of KAPWA - Kite Aerial Photography
Worldwide Association - fundation he founded and
was president . This association has more than
500 practising members throughout the world. At
this not yet in activity.
Having done that, he involved himself in all
aspects of photography of more than 360°, which
among other things resulted in his stunning 360°
stereoscopic camera, an invention for which he
received the Boelpaepe Award of the Royal Academy
of Belgium in 1995.
He was invited to participate in and make a
presentation to ELECTRONIC IMAGING - STEREOSCOPIC
DISPLAY AND VIRTUAL REALITY at SAN JOSE, CA, USA
in February 1997.
He organised the first EUROMEETING of the
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANORAMIC
PHOTOGRAPHERS in Brussels in 1996. He was
appointed life member of the INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHERS ( IAPP )
USA in 1997 and give up some years later.
I He published two books in French and in
English, in collaboration with others: "KITE
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY" and "EXPERIMENTS IN 360°
PANOPTIC PHOTOGRAPHY". He illustrates the weekly
photographic chronicle "PANORAMIC PORTRAIT" in
the Belgian daily newspaper "LE SOIR" (more than
180 photographs covering 360° published to date,
full page. )
He was invited to Tokyo JAPAN in 1989 and 1992
for two exhibitions and conferences.
Participe to many exhibitions in Europ.
Recently he finalize his last challenge
"Underwater photography covering more than 360° "
To the best of our knowledge, it has been
attempted several times, but hitherto without
success, so the new technology presented seems to
be a World's first !
http://www.underwater.pano360.org/
http://www.pano360.org/
Regards
Michel DUSARIEZ
Belgium
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http://www.pano360.org/
http://www.underwater.pano360.org/
Michel DUSARIEZ
14, avenue Capitaine PIRET
B-1150 BRUXELLES
Portable 0486 25 39 55
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Achal Pashine
