An electromagnetic device for driving a shutter includes a moving coil which is arranged to rotate in the magnetic field of a stator. A current supply arrangement for supplying exciting current to the moving coil includes a pair of insulated side pieces fixed about the rotational axis of the coil and connected to both terminals of the moving coil, and a pair of elastic rod-shaped brushes pressed against the side pieces on diametrically opposite sides of the rotational axis. A slide surface on each slide piece is provided with at a pair of flatened portions against which the elastic rod-shaped brushes are pressed so as to hold the shutter blades at a stop position.