4.13.09 - 10:00AM
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Jessica Amason

Noah Takes a Photo of Himself Every Day - #15 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos

Urlesque counts down the top 100 viral videos in the history of the web.

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On January 11, 2000, Noah Kalina embarked on an ambitious photo project entitled Noah K. Everyday that spanned a total of 6 years.

From age 19 to 25, Kalina took one photo of himself a day, everyday. He then put the images together, soundtracked by a haunting piano piece from friend Carly Comando, creating a kind of artistic time-lapse video that became a viral sensation on the web. It was arguably the first instance of web video being used for art rather than voyeuristic purposes or America's Funniest Home Videos fodder.

The video was even parodied on The Simpsons as well as by web comedy sites like Super Deluxe. The unique video grabbed the attention of The New York Times and VH1 and significantly boosted Kalina's photography career. See all of the individual photos on Noah's website.

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5.01.09

By dianna

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How come his eyes, nose and mouth never moved? How did he have the same exact expression, everyday?

5.14.09

By Tom-o

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super deluxe didn't parody it. Olde English comedy group did, and then THEY made other videos for super deluxe (http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/one-picture-every-day)

8.26.09

By C.A.M.

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this guy must have such devotion to take a picture every day no matter how he's feeling, how his day went, or what he looks like that day, and not forget.

1.05.10

By dan

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"It was arguably the first instance of web video being used for art rather than voyeuristic purposes or America's Funniest Home Videos fodder."

No, definitely not. There was web video art uploaded onto the web already by the mid to late 1990s. So 2005 is late by at least 7 years.

2.07.10

By Ray

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That was amzing and I love C Comando music. Work in Progress, which means he has not finnished. Like to see the 4hr + vid of him from his 25th to his 60th birthdays.