Self Portrait of dustman Roland Wilhelm

    Garbageman Roland Wilhelm takes a picture of himself and his trashcam with a second trashcam. Photographed with a pinhole garbage container by
    Roland Wilhelm, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann at the site of Hamburg´s waste collecting service. Shot on a 106x80 cm sheet of ilford multigrade with six minutes exposure time. Please show some respect for Rolands fantastic ability to not move.

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      mareva (lagordajarra), Ed Step, Kowska, Jessica Finucan (www.jessicafinucanphoto.com), and 118 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. David Korchin (13 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful idea!

    3. don hodgdon (13 months ago | reply)

      Six minutes!! Brilliant!

    4. bodiegroup (13 months ago | reply)

      damn. patience. nice.

    5. gsgeorge (13 months ago | reply)

      absolutely stunning and unbelievable. one of the most impressive long-exposure self portraits I have seen. the project is a brilliant application of pinhole photography.

    6. Keithernesto (13 months ago | reply)

      Great project, cheeky, refreshing AND atmospheric!

    7. Woopadydoo (13 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic!!

    8. suebh (13 months ago | reply)

      I am so impressed! Nice job!

    9. Charlie - (13 months ago | reply)

      This is art !!

    10. GabrielNuñez (13 months ago | reply)

      Great Work! Congrats!

    11. Jan Bielicki (13 months ago | reply)

      Six minutes at a standstill, it's like a portrait in 19th century. I like all your pictures, I wish you and your garbage company will gain a rightful resonance for this brilliant project.

    12. stefansven (13 months ago | reply)

      One of the most crazy things I have ever heard of. The results are brilliant!!!

    13. * sharon - sparkles * (13 months ago | reply)

      6 minutes without moving? Good job, man! :) This project is fantastic. :)

    14. alessandro.bocchi (13 months ago | reply)

      Really wonderful. like this one very very much. Great project.

    15. JasonKidd79 (13 months ago | reply)

      What a fantastic idea! Love it. And, so impressed, I don't think I can stand still for 6 seconds!

    16. Shaefnole (13 months ago | reply)

      Es ist Zeit, ihre garage.

    17. This photo was invited and added to the A portrait of the artist group.

    18. James P Stevenson (13 months ago | reply)

      Love it! And the project... like an urban wildlife stealth camera! Brilliant.

    19. I m Peace (away) (13 months ago | reply)

      You guys are amazing! Best compliments for a great project!
      And standing still for 6 minutes.. wow!

    20. R. Wilhelm (13 months ago | reply)

      Es waren meine längsten 6 Minuten!

    21. NicholPhoto (13 months ago | reply)

      damn, that is awesome!

    22. Bobfrance (13 months ago | reply)

      Great shot and a superb project! Well done to all who took part, especially Roland who clearly has a great career ahead of him as a living statue. :0D

    23. R. Wilhelm (13 months ago | reply)

      Thank you very much! Hm, living statue sounds good, maybe I should think about it! :D

    24. R. Wilhelm (13 months ago | reply)

      Thank you :)

    25. banukab (10 months ago | reply)

      That is insane. Once you know the exposure time, it's hard to look at this picture the same way.

    26. heldenheit (8 months ago | reply)

      With a paper negative as large as 106 x 80 cm, I imagine the "pinhole" aperture is rather large and quite some distance away from the negative, right?

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