Michael Wesely

Living and working in Berlin, Michael Wesely holds the record for the longest successful photographic exposure. Weseley controls the amount of light hitting the negative via filters and a small but standard aperture to allow the exposure to be extended for incredibly long periods of time. He is renowned for works commissioned by the MoMA in which he documents its construction on single frames of film over the course of three years, leading to the monograph Open Shutter Project. Wesely's technique has never been successfully replicated, and his extended exposures have led to an unique, compelling body of work. He believes his method will allow exposures up to forty years in duration.