Everyday (video)
Everyday is a viral video produced by New York photographer Noah Kalina. It features a fast montage of thousands of pictures of Kalina spanning a period of six years all played sequentially.
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Kalina began taking a photo of himself every day starting on January 11, 2000, at age 19. The video everyday shows the photos chronologically, six per second, with an original piano score by Carly Comando. Throughout the compilation, Kalina's face remains emotionless in the center of the frame. Kalina uploaded the video to Vimeo on August 8, 2006 and YouTube on August 27, 2006. Everyday was featured on an episode of VH1's Web Junk 20 and on commercials for Time Warner Cable's Roadrunner service. In a New York Times article, William A. Ewing, director of the Musée de l’Elysée, was quoted as saying, "Noah’s video represents a phenomenal amplification not just in what he produced and how he did it, but how many people the piece touched in such a short period of time. There is nothing comparable in the history of photography."[1] As of 17 October 2011[update], everyday has over 21,100,000 views on YouTube.[2]
Kalina had originally intended everyday to be a photo project, but was encouraged to make a film after seeing a video by Ahree Lee, which consisted of time lapse portraits of the artist. He compiled his photographs into a video and released it on YouTube.[1][3]
In December 2006, because of the notoriety of Everyday, VH1 commissioned Kalina to take photographs of himself in the same pose used in Everyday but alongside various celebrities including Paris Hilton, Lance Bass, David Hasselhoff, Jenna Jameson, Will.I.Am, Flavor Flav, LonelyGirl15 and "Weird Al" Yankovic. The photographs were taken backstage at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards. In the televised ceremony, several of the pictures were shown before and after commercial breaks.[3] Kalina also posted the photographs on Flickr [1].
The Simpsons episode "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" includes a parody of Kalina's video.[4] In the parody, 39 years of Homer Simpson's life flash before him with the same musical score playing in the background.
[edit] Noah Kalina
Kalina, born in 1980, lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[1] He grew up in Centerport, New York and attended Harborfields High School. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Keith Schneider, "Look at Me, World! Self-Portraits Morph Into Internet Movies", The New York Times, 18 March 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
- ^ YouTube - Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ a b Liz Kelly (2006-12-22). "He Oughta Be in Pictures". http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/12/he_oughta_be_in_pictures.html. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ Morgan, Spencer (December 18, 2007). "D'oh-tube! Internet Sensation Scores Big Simpsons Moment". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2007/d-oh-tube-internet-sensation-scores-big-simpsons-moment.
