Michael Wesely: Open Shutter

by Michael Wesely, Sarah Hermanson Meister, HERMANSON MEISTER

Since the early 1990s, German photographer Michael Wesely has been inventing and refining techniques for using extremely long camera exposures to take uniquely compelling photographs. Through the use of filters and a very small aperture, yet one that is standard in a professional camera lens, he is able to diminish the amount of light hitting the negative to the point where he can extend the exposure many thousands of times longer than we would ordinarily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870706829
• ISBN13: 9780870706820
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 13.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher