Shutter speed = 1 Year!

[Astin]

Found this interesting site. This German photographer built his own camera, mounted the camera on a Berlin construction site, set the camera shutter speed = 1 year and took this photo. Apparently the architech likes his photo very much.

http://www.wesely.org/index-ie-e.html
click START
click WORKS
click LONG-TERM EXPOSURES
click LEIPZIGER PLATZ

The exposure is from 1999 to 2000.
The photo was taken before/during/after the construction.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

nice composition... i wonder wat kinda film he used.. how come he expose so long yet the pic is not entirely white...

 

[sehsuan]

how the camera manages to stay at a spot for that long without anyone knocking into it, rain etc, makes me wonder...

 

[Zerstorer]

I don't think he left the shutter open for 1 year. More of like 12-20 staggered exposures.

 

[Astin]

He really set the the shutter to 1 year. He is a specialist in that field and sells the photos to the architect for a very high sum. The architect needs this kind of photos to see the construction site before/during/after.

 

[reno77]

What are all the diagonal streaks ?

 

[Astin]

I think the diagonal streaks are the sunlight rays, created when the lens/shutter was open for 1 year.