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Hey, I'm new to this site and redirect me if there's a better place to post this.

Do you guys know any famous photographers that have done ghost-like long exposures?

I'm doing my A level Photography course and the exam theme is "Experiences, encounters and meetings" and this it should be obvious why I want this type of photography :) I want this so I don't actually have to try and find a ghost. haha

I just need it for a photographer study and they must be 'famous' or well known.

Thanks a lot.
 
Jerry Uelsmann?
His works definitely interesting! & he does a lot of work with long & multiple exposures to create photomontage type work. Inspirational!
 
I can't think of the name but I know someone did some exposures of cityscapes over many years that showed the different states of buildings etc as the city was built up and it showed it in a ghost like sort of way. I'll see if I can dig out a link.

EDIT: His name is Michael Wesley. Some of the exposures were 3 years long! http://www.itchyi.co.uk/thelatest/2010/7/20/the-longest-photographic-exposures-in-history.html

Having read your post again I'm not sure it fits that well with what you want but it is still cool!
 
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The photograph of Boulevard du Temple, Paris, by Louis Daguerre taken in 1838. It's the first known photograph to include a visible human figure. The long exposure (at least ten minutes) creates a ghostly emptiness in the street, only the shoe shine and his customer remained still enough for long enough to register in the scene (and they are rendered as smudged blurs).

I don't think you can get an image more famous than that within your theme (and it's definitely a meeting or encounter).
 
LewisWoods1 said:
Thanks a lot everyone, helped a lot :)
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You don't get off with homework help that easily.. .. :rules:

So what have you found out, decided to write about, etc? Or better yet, can you share with us what you've written?
 
I absolutey love research, i only nag for help here when i can't find what im looking for elsewhere.
With the power of the internet and libraries its hard not to find answers.
Just do the footwork yourself, you will discover a lot more than what you originally set out to find in the process.
 
Simon photo said:
Just do the footwork yourself, you will discover a lot more than what you originally set out to find in the process.
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Couldn't have put this better myself :}
 
Alastair said:
You don't get off with homework help that easily.. .. :rules:

So what have you found out, decided to write about, etc? Or better yet, can you share with us what you've written?
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It's not homework, it's a research task and I'm sure this counts as research, my teacher didn't seem to mind, I set up this account in his class. :)

I haven't written anything yet, I'm just trying to find something to inspire me as such.

How can I insert an image to show you what I have taken? :bonk:
 
I apologise, maybe picasa is a private site.

I can't make a Flickr or Photobucket because they're blocked at school... Any other sites that may work?
 
Ahh.. PEBKAC issue and wrong terminology confusing the question.. you mean "double exposure", not long exposure ;) You're going a bit MR James with the subject matter.

There's probably something here that will give you a direction to start out in. About two thirds of the way down the page is some ghostly stuff.

The first two places to look for inspiration for me would be The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Cotton and The Genius of Photography by Badger. Between the two of them you can usually get a starting point for most styles of phtoography.

(and I still count it as homework if it's a task you've been given to do.. ;))
 
By looking into pin hole photography you'll find a range of double exposures if that suggestion can offer you any help?
 
Alastair said:
Ahh.. PEBKAC issue and wrong terminology confusing the question.. you mean "double exposure", not long exposure ;) You're going a bit MR James with the subject matter.

There's probably something here that will give you a direction to start out in. About two thirds of the way down the page is some ghostly stuff.

The first two places to look for inspiration for me would be The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Cotton and The Genius of Photography by Badger. Between the two of them you can usually get a starting point for most styles of phtoography.

(and I still count it as homework if it's a task you've been given to do.. ;))
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Hahaha Sorry for the confusion, I see what I did wrong now! :)

All the long exposures were very helpful though. Tomorrow at school I can post a few more photos to Imgur if everyone here would like to see?

Also, what are everyone's opinions on the photos posted?
 
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