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Longest Pinhole Exposure Ever by Michael Wesley!

carla published on August 1, 2010 in art. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hello, SuperForest!

A little over a year ago (…or maybe two), I crafted myself a lovely little pinhole camera. A project, which sadly went unfinished for I have yet to purchase film and actually use it. It’s sitting in a box on my bookshelf, collecting dust, perhaps waiting patiently for me to experience ultimate inspiration. And though I’ve never used it, the building process of the camera, itself, was all that was needed for me fall in love with the art form and be a complete sucker for it ever since.

In the past, we’ve seen the artwork of Mr. Michel Bayard and explored the wondrous solargraphy project of Tarja Trygg, but the photograph above was taken by the legendary Michael Wesley. Working with New York’s Museum of Modern Art to photograph the destruction and new construction of their building, this German artist was also able to capture 34 months of New York Life. It’s being referred to as the longest pinhole exposure ever. And with its ghostly time-capsule-like features, it’s arguably one of the most beautiful.

Here are more of the photographs in this collection:

And you can find more on his website!

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Tarja Trygg and the Epic Solargraphy Project!

carla published on September 3, 2009 in art and build. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Dear SuperForest,

It’s been months since Jackson’s legendary Michel Bayard pinhole camera post and being that SuperForest is such a fan of pinhole photographs, I thought it was only appropriate to share this stunning project with you all.

Ladies and gents, I present to you, solargraphy!!!

Siuntio, Finland

Solargraphs are long exposure photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera used to record the invisible movements of the sun in landscapes. What’s even more breathtaking than the resulting image is the process by which it is created. Nowadays, most of us are used to having a photograph capture a single moment, but with solargraphy, due to the extremely long exposure time (usually anywhere ranging from a day to months) these images can show us the things that are impossible to see with the naked eye.

Solargraphy

For example, the image above is a six month exposure of Helsinki taken with a homemade pinhole camera positioned from a balcony. Each day, the sun left a new track in the sky and the peak was reached at around midsummer in the northern hemisphere. Awesome!

Here comes the fun part. The photographer that captured that image, Tarja Trygg, has started this epic project that attempts to create a world map by using solargraphs! Assistants around the world have placed pinhole cameras at different latitudes and the gallery can be seen here!

Johannesburg, South Africa

Wisconsin, USA

And so, the humble pinhole camera continues to amaze and mystify!

Love always,
Carla

P.S. To learn how to make your own pinhole camera, click here! I made one a while ago…and I’m just realizing I have yet to take a picture with it.

(via the always nice, It’s Nice That)

SuperForest Gets Stumbleupon’ed!

jackson published on January 4, 2009 in celebrity and zeitgeist. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Good Morning SuperForest!

Something wonderful has happened!

I needed a bit of time to fully process it, so my apologies for not writing about it sooner.

Last month an article on SuperForest about Michel Bayard, NYC’s pinhole camera master, got picked up by makezine, which then got picked up by stumbleupon.

As a result, this article has now been viewed more than 130,000 times!

Zaaaaackaawaaaahhhhhh!

For this little blog to get a hundred thousand of anything is pretty darn good-feeling-making, but to have folks really express an interest in a great man and his incredible talents is just icing city. (As in an entire city made of icing.)

I hope this leads to further recognition of Michel Bayard and his prodigious gifts, and an increased appreciation for street art and street artists. Remember, there is treasure everywhere!

A massive “Thank you” to whomever the kind souls were who suggested us to makezine and to stumbleupon. Thank you very much. You’ve thrilled this humble blog!