Michael Wesely / Open Shutter at The Museum of Modern Art

"For more than a decade, Michael Wesely (German, b. 1963) has been inventing and refining techniques for making photographs with unusually long exposures-some as long as three years. In 1997 he began using this unique approach to photography to explore major urban construction projects, such as the rebuilding of Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Buildings that are demolished or constructed over the course of Wesely's long exposures often appear ghostlike, evoking simultaneously a vanishing and emerging presence.


Open Shutter focuses on a major body of work created by Wesely at the invitation of The Museum of Modern Art. In the summer of 2001, he set up cameras at several locations in and around the Museum's ambitious renovation and construction project. Completed in June 2004, at the conclusion of major construction, Wesely's photographs provide an absorbing perspective on the historic transformation of the Museum's home in the heart of a thriving city.

The exhibition is accompanied by a publication, which presents Open Shutter in full-page plates and enlarged details that enable readers to discover the rich complexity of each photograph."

Images

A rapprocher du travail d'Ollipekka Kangas

Photographie boudhiste ?

"I’m learning to see – colors, shapes, the geometry of nature, the constant birthing and dying in front of me and in me – and learning to reflect this vision in my photographs. The practice of picking up my camera opens my eyes. What a joyful discovery!
Photography has been a part of my life for many, many years, as has meditating in the Buddhist tradition. In the late 1990’s, I noticed that these two practices were beginning to mirror one another. This especially seemed true during the weeks each year that I would spend in solo retreat. My photographs were evolving, reflecting in the silence of retreat the quieting and settling of my mind.
More recently I have begun photographing and teaching in the contemplative Shambhala Miksang tradition. This path offers vision, ground and language for my practice of photography.
So what is contemplative photography? For me, it's slowing down enough to notice, to really see what is in front of me. Later, viewing the image, I often notice that it triggers emotions – sadness, appreciation, quiet excitement, joy, a sense of becoming. A good photo is an adventure in softening, in opening, in letting the world touch me.
Jake Lorfing
goslow@sbcglobal.net"
goslowphotos.com

Exposed! Slow Photo Movement

"Creating better photos by slowing down.
(...)
Daydream
Single photo capture
Allow mistakes to happen
Research
Use a tripod
Homework
Pro Perspective
Final Frame"


Source: Exposed! / Harry Nowell

Deuxieme atelier de Slow Photography

Le mardi 13 mars 2012, à Louvain-la-Neuve, dans le cadre du Photostival, organisé par le Photokot LLN, j'anime un atelier de Slow Photography aux auditoires Montesquieu.

Plus de détails sur le site du Photokot

Assignment #15: Slow Photography

"To me, slow photography can mean one of two things: 1) slowing down the actual process of taking a photo, and/or 2) capturing photos that slow things down and visually show the passage of time in a photo."

Source: Through the Eyes of the Heart / Lisa Narduzzi / November 11, 2011