Tuesday 8 January 2013

LONGEST PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE IN HISTORY


After yesterday’s post from Alex Macdougall I was inspired to take a look at other photographic exposure techniques. I came across these fascinating images from German Photographer Michael Wesely who holds the record for the longest ever photographic exposure.

In 2001 he was invited by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to use his unique technique to record the re-development of their building. He set up eight cameras in four different corners and photographed the destruction and re-building of the MoMa until 2004 - leaving the shutter open for up to 34 months!





The sun traces in the sky give the images a beautiful, painting-like feeling. To me it is very surreal to see the movement of the sun - or more precisely the movement of the earth around the sun in such a way.
The photo below was taken over almost 14 months at the Leipziger Platz in Berlin - which at the time together with the Potsdamer Platz formed one of the biggest construction sites in the world.








1 comment: