Noah Kalina's 20-Year Daily Selfie Project Becomes Internet Meme

American photographer Noah Kalina (born 1980, New York) began his Everyday project in 1999 at age 19, taking a daily self-portrait. The resulting timelapse videos condense two decades into eight minutes. While conceptual artists like Roman Opalka (1931-2011) had previously explored daily self-portraiture, Kalina popularized the practice online. He credited Korean artist Ahree Lee for inspiring the timelapse format. The first video, released in 2006 with six years of selfies, went viral and has nearly 27 million views. It was parodied on The Simpsons and Family Guy. Kalina released an updated video in 2012 covering 12 years and 5 months, and on January 14, 2020, he published the 20-year compilation. Social platforms like YouTube and Instagram now host countless variations, documenting growth, gender transition, or other changes. The project spawned dedicated apps like Everyday and 1 Second Everyday.