Michael Wesely

The shots above are of the re-construction of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.The photos were taken using 8 cameras positioned at various places around the construction site. These shots were exposed for 34 months between 2001-2004. Whatever technique he’s using, I think it’s safe to assume he’s left a wake of envious photographers eager to learn his secrets. According to Michael, he could do exposures for up to 40 years.

                                             by CHAD on SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 · VIEW COMMENTS

in TECHNOLOGY

http://www.unfinishedman.com/the-long-exposures-of-michael-wesely

I love his work, but however I have not tried this method as I have firstly not had time waiting for an 1h exposure in this shitty Brisbane weather....

Tom Baril

I like the way these pictures of a particular piece of architecture is presented and set out

http://www.tombaril.net/portfolios/p1_Architecture.jpg

Overlay pictures when printing

Overlay 2 - 4 pictures (taken from a chosen point) of particular places, spaces, buildings in Brisbane

Double Exposure

It just needs this..

Empty Lot
1. Take a picture of an empty lot.
2. Take a picture of a building, then develop the picture of the building.
3. Go back to the site and take a picture of the picture, of the building, in front off it.

(or double exposure when printing)

Howard Smith Wharfs

1. Cliffs

2. Add Access, Stairs

A building with a boring, old facade

1. Building

2 Add an interesting facade, (from new building Kangaroo Point)U

King George Square

1. The new square

2. Add shading/seating/people/vegetation.

Urban Sprawl

1. Suburbia

2. Stack photos of houses 

Ideas

• Taking a roll of film for one building 6 shots, starting from the top, go downwards, the proof sheet makes up the picture
• Taking pictures from top of buildings, top of other buildings, maybe iconic ones
• Taking photo of a texture, develop it and then take a new photo with the previous photo attached to the texture
• Undefined spaces - what is it
• Take pictures of all the the buildings i like, collage it back together
• Facades
• Long exposures
• Double exposure of building elements i like, (or two good things about the same building)
• Take picture of just one aspect of the building-can you recognize it out from just that one shot?

Lecture 25. September

Michael Wesely

-architecture, long expousure 

Thomas Bachler

- pin hole, story create the image

Concept, process

Double expouser-why?

Reference photos  - who helped make the photo

Martin Klimas

- fracture, changing perception

The idea of making the image