Jason Sapan
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Jason Sapan, also known as Dr. Laser (pronounced Sāpăn; born 1950) is a holographer and actor who is the founder of Holographic Studios, the world's oldest gallery of holography, located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. He is one of the pioneers of modern holography, and has also worked as an educator, recording engineer, artist, blogger, and occasional actor. He has created portrait holograms of Andy Warhol, President Bill Clinton, Isaac Asimov, NYC Mayor Ed Koch, Prime Minister Edward Heath, Pierre Cardin, Sally Jessy Raphael, John Kenneth Galbraith, Phyllis Diller, Billy Idol, The Smothers Brothers, Phil Donahue, and John Cage. His corporate clientele include commissions for Mitsubishi, AT&T, Tag Heuer, Goodyear, IBM and NYU Medical Center.
Sapan has lectured at the School of the Visual Arts in NYC, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ohio State University, University of Vermont, City College of New York, New York University, and various other schools. He ran a Summer class at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) Grad School at NYU. As an assistant professor, he created a class titled "Hologram Hacks" in the Fall 2015 semester where students made holograms as an element of a project where the hologram served as a means to an end.
Career
Sapan, also known as Dr. Laser, has been a professional holographer for over 40 years in New York City. His father was an electrical engineer who contracted for Bell Laboratories.
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