You’ve most likely seen a few “daily self portrait collections, but how many of them spanned 17 years? Dan Hanna describes his project -

17 years worth of taking 2 photos a day as my head rotates in sync with the Earth around the Sun. This is a non-dejittered, lo-res, highly compressed, preliminary version of a lifetime project. Later versions will have additional imagery throughout. More details are available on my website at:

Watching the hair cycle through repetitive buzz-cuts is by itself quite interesting, not to mention the subtle, gradual changes to his face and jaw. – Dan Hanna [via Kottke]

BY Collin Cunningham

Born, drew a lot, made video, made music on 4-track, then computer, more songwriting, met future wife, went to art school for video major, made websites, toured in a band, worked as web media tech, discovered electronics, taught myself electronics, blogged about DIY electronics, made web videos about electronics and made music for them … and I still do!

3 Responses to 17 years of rotating self portraits

  1. Wow. Had to watch it twice to catch the differences, but 17 (!) years in a video…neat.

    Made me reflect on the changes in the past years…

    Good use for a ‘junk’ digi camera. might present it in 2018.

  2. Collin Cunningham on said:

    seriously, it is a bit profound even.

    be sure to drop us a line in ’18!
    (hopefully will use psychic-communication by then)

  3. Embassy Pro Books on said:

    That is amazing! the determination to do this everyday or even weekly for 17 years. Hopefully it will pay off now with something.

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