“Specifically, the example photograph reveals (through extremely long term exposure) an accumulation of moments that in total are more like a memory. The technique Wesely applies in long exposures (see also his portrait series) goes beyond the immediate visual detail. There is a kind of discord / dichotomy that I like about them. I like the passage of time collapsed into a ‘still’ - and the instant extended - the photograph reveals something that ordinarily is only held in memory. The photographs are wonderful attempts at making pictures of ‘time’ and ‘memory’.

“Generally, I feel that a great photograph needs to have the capacity to provoke the viewer to wander beyond the immediate image - towards something beyond what is ordinarily visible. Photographs that reveal something about the perception (whether or not I have a similar perception) of the subject are more interesting to me than photos that merely record the subject.

-Matt Niebuhr