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“It’s important for people to do things and believe in things that may seem impossible,” said the sleepless photographer, who often snaps photos of stars like Lindsay Lohan. “Just because someone tells you something is impossible, doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

Shields says he surrounded himself with a team of monitors who watched over him 24 hours per day throughout the stunt — and he kept working, scheduling shoots and snapping photos on his final night.

“I wanted to challenge myself,” he told AOL News. “A lot of people said it was impossible. A lot of people said I would never make it 40 days. Well, I did.”