Holographic Studios

Holography gallery

Holographic Studios, located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, is the world's oldest gallery of holography.^[1] It was founded in 1979^[2] by Jason Sapan, one of the pioneers of holography. The storefront level gallery features the world's largest collection of motion image integral holograms.^[3] On display in the gallery are a variety of different types of holographic images, including a collection of celebrity hologram portraits. There are also cylindrical 360° floating images, multiple image holograms that change as you walk by, and computer generated holograms as well as a selection of novelty hologram items and stickers. Directly below the gallery is the laser laboratory where holograms are created.^[4] Holographic Studios creates custom holograms, holographic portraits, offers classes, and operates tours.

History

The studio was founded in 1979 in a brownstone that was originally a blacksmith's forge. The current building sits on land that was part of the Rose Hill estate of Revolutionary General Horatio Gates.

Over the decades, the studio has filmed portrait holograms of Andy Warhol, President Bill Clinton, Isaac Asimov,^[5] NYC Mayor Ed Koch, Prime Minister Edward Heath, Pierre Cardin, Sally Jessy Raphael,^[6] John Kenneth Galbraith, Phyllis Diller,^[2] Billy Idol, The Smothers Brothers, Phil Donahue, and John Cage. Their corporate clientele include commissions for Mitsubishi, AT&T, Tag Heuer, Goodyear, IBM, NYU Medical Center, Macy's, and Revlon.

Notable interns

John Gaeta, who won the Academy Award for visual effects in The Matrix^{[citation needed]}
Vince Gilligan, who won multiple Emmys for his television show Breaking Bad^[7]
Jason Corsaro, who won Grammy awards as a recording engineer on albums including Like a Virgin by Madonna^{[citation needed]}
Sonnie Brown, who starred in the Lincoln Center production of Far East^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Michelle Young (12 February 2015). "Inside NYC's Holographic Studios, a Gallery and Laser Laboratory with NY Adventure Club". Untapped Cities.
^ ^a ^b Mark Zemel (20 March 2014). "Making Money: The Holographer". The New Yorker.
^ Emily Kirkpatrick (October 2014). "PAPERMAG: New York's 10 Coolest Hidden Museums". papermag.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
^ "Holographic Studios Inc". Atlas Obscura.
^ "Hologram History". The New Indian Express. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on September 26, 2014.
^ Alex Pasternack (16 June 2011). "Doctor Laser: Inside the wondrous lab of one of the world's last holographers". cnn.com.
^ Nina Strochlic (17 May 2014). "New York's Hologram King Is Also the City's Last Pro Holographer". The Daily Beast.

External links

Holographic Studios
Gizmodo: The Art of the Hologram Is Alive in This Underground Laboratory
New York Originals: Holographic Studios
Tested Asks: How Are Holograms Made?
NY Times: Holographic Studios and Kalustyan’s Cafe in Kips Bay

East Side of Manhattan (14th–34th Streets, east of Fifth Ave)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

14th–23rd Sts	15 Union Square West 18 Gramercy Park 44 Union Square 91-93 Fifth Avenue 121 East 22nd 889 Broadway 935–939 Broadway Bank of the Metropolis Century Building Church Missions House Consolidated Edison Building Decker Building Everett Building Flatiron Building Lincoln Building Madison Square Park Tower One Madison Samuel J. Tilden House Scheffel Hall Scribner Building Society for the Lying-In Hospital Spingler Building Stuyvesant Apartments The St. George Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site United Charities Building Zeckendorf Towers
23rd–34th Sts	2 Park Avenue 3 Park Avenue 4 Park Avenue 29 East 32nd Street 69th Regiment Armory 203 East 29th Street 277 Fifth Avenue Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State Carmel Place CBS 30th Street Studio Chester A. Arthur Home Demarest Building Emmet Building The Grand Madison Kips Bay Towers Madison Belmont Building Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Metropolitan Life North Building New York Life Building New York Merchandise Mart New York School of Applied Design for Women United States Post Office Waterside Plaza
Former	Jerome Mansion Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1854) Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906) St. Leo Church

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	15 East ABC Kitchen Atomix Casa Mono The Clocktower Eleven Madison Park Jua Laut Old Town Bar and Restaurant Pete's Tavern Rezdôra Second Avenue Deli Union Square Cafe Upland The Water Club Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Theaters, galleries, art venues	Daryl Roth Theatre Fotografiska New York Gramercy Theatre Holographic Studios Irving Plaza Peoples Improv Theater Swann Galleries Vineyard Theatre
Hotels	George Washington Hotel Gramercy Park Hotel Hotel Deauville Hotel Giraffe Hotel Kenmore Hall Hotel Le Marquis James New York – NoMad Martha Washington Hotel The Roger Hotel W New York Union Square
Clubs	Colony Club National Arts Club The Players
Former	Benno The Coffee Shop Con Edison Energy Museum The Cutting Room Devi Fleur de Sel Jazz Standard Juni Veritas

Green spaces
Asser Levy Recreation Center Bellevue South Park Gramercy Park Stuyvesant Cove Park Stuyvesant Square Vincent F. Albano Jr. Playground

Education

Primary and secondary education	47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School Aaron School Baruch College Campus High School British International School of New York The Clinton School The École Friends Seminary Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Manhattan Trade School for Girls] PS 116 Salk School of Science School of the Future United Nations International School Washington Irving Campus
Higher education	Baruch College William and Anita Newman Library High School for Health Professions and Human Services Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing New York University College of Dentistry Norman Thomas High School

Religion
Calvary Church Chapel of Free Grace Church of the Epiphany Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El First Zen Institute of America Madison Avenue Baptist Church St. George's Episcopal Church St. Sebastian Church

Religion

Calvary Church
Chapel of Free Grace
Church of the Epiphany
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal
Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El
First Zen Institute of America
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
St. George's Episcopal Church
St. Sebastian Church

Health
Bellevue Hospital New York Eye and Ear Infirmary NYU Langone Medical Center Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden Hassenfeld Children's Hospital New York University Grossman School of Medicine Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Transportation

Subway stations	First Avenue Third Avenue 14th Street–Union Square 23rd Street (Broadway) 23rd Street (Park Avenue South) 28th Street 33rd Street
Other transport	East 34th Street Ferry Landing East 34th Street Heliport New York Skyports Seaplane Base
Streets	Avenue C FDR Drive Lexington Avenue Park Avenue South First Avenue Second Avenue Third Avenue 14th Street 23rd Street 34th Street