Editing Brian May (section)

===Stereophotography===
May has had a lifelong interest in collecting Victorian [[Stereoscopy|stereophotography]]. In 2009, with co-author Elena Vidal, he published his second book, ''A Village Lost and Found,''<ref name=lostandfound/> on the work of English stereophotography innovator T. R. Williams.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Village Preserved, Green and All: Brian May's Photographic Recovery |first=Randy |last=Kennedy |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 July 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/arts/design/24may.html |access-date=24 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111173250/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/arts/design/24may.html |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was awarded The [[Royal Photographic Society]]'s Saxby Medal in 2012 for achievement in the field of three-dimensional imaging.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Saxby-Award |title=Royal Photographic Society's Saxby Award Accessed 29 October 2012 |publisher=Rps.org |access-date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231031111/http://www.rps.org/Annual-awards/Saxby-Award |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref>

May made a significant technical contribution to the book to accompany the exhibition 'Stereoscopic Photographs of Pablo Picasso by [[Robert Mouzillat]]', held at the [[Holburne Museum]] in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, from February to June 2014. The book provides photographs of Picasso in his studio, at a bullfight at [[Arles]], and in his garden. May's 3D Owl viewer is used to view the photographs in 3D.

The purchase of his first card in 1973 started May on a lifelong and worldwide search for [[Les Diableries]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mojo4music.com/8322/brian-mays-visions-hell/|title=Brian May's Visions Of Hell|work=MOJO|date=31 October 2013 |access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826072331/http://www.mojo4music.com/8322/brian-mays-visions-hell/|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> which are stereoscopic photographs depicting scenes of daily life in Hell. On 10 October 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonstereo.com/books.html|title=Retrieved 8 March 2014|publisher=Londonstereo.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811121552/http://www.londonstereo.com/books.html|archive-date=11 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> the book ''Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell'' by Brian May, Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming was published.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10401890/Brian-May-theres-life-in-the-old-devil-yet.html|title=Brian May: there's life in the old devil yet|date=25 October 2013|work=The Telegraph|access-date=27 September 2014|last1=Middleton|first1=Christopher|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114230525/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10401890/Brian-May-theres-life-in-the-old-devil-yet.html|archive-date=14 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, May published ''Queen in 3-D'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=May|first=Brian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1002896816|title=Queen in 3-D|date=2017|others=London Stereoscopic Company|isbn=978-0-9574246-8-5|location=[London, England]|oclc=1002896816}}</ref> chronicling the group's 50-year history. It contains over 300 of his own stereoscopic photos and is the first book about the band published by one of its members. Included with the book is May's patented OWL Stereoscopic Viewer.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-may-unveils-queen-history-in-expansive-3-d-photo-book-w491949|title=Brian May Unveils Queen History in Expansive 3-D Photo Book|date=12 July 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064526/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-may-unveils-queen-history-in-expansive-3-d-photo-book-w491949|archive-date=2 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, May was awarded an honorary fellowship and Denis Pellerin was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Literature from the Royal Holloway College, University of London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/musician-dr-brian-may-cbe-is-made-an-honorary-fellow-and-photo-historian-denis-pellerin-made-an-honorary-doctor-by-royal-holloway/|title= Musician, Dr Brian May CBE is made an Honorary Fellow and photo-historian, Denis Pellerin made an Honorary Doctor by Royal Holloway|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://brianmay.com/brian-news/2021/07/brian-hon-fellowship-royal-holloway-then-home-to-flood/|title=Brian Hon Fellowship Royal Holloway – then home to flood 13 July 2021|date=13 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> The conferred degrees recognised their work to preserve Victorian stereoscopy through the London Stereoscopic Company. It recognises their contribution to photography and preservation.