Noah Kalina Had a Really Good Idea


Many of you are by now probably familiar with Noah Kalina's project "Everyday", for which he's taken a picture of himself every day since 2000. This is but a sample:

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And you may be familiar with some of the offshoots that project generated when Noah set the images to music and put them on youtube. I'm just guessing, 'cause it was viewed like 9 million times.





 

Noah was in the Times. He was in newspapers all over Europe, Brazil and Asia.
He went to the Big in '06 VH1 awards, and posed with lots of stars, which was awesome and pretty hilarious. (I like the one with  this guy. Remember him?)

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Then Noah hit the Simpsons, and that was pretty rad. I mean, it doesn't really get better than that.



Homer Every Day from Noah K. on Vimeo.


And THEN, came the Advertising. Noah started seeing them, people started calling his attention to them, and they were EVERYWHERE. No, he wasn't paid or contacted about any of them. He's just the trendsetter.


Microsoft Istanbul



Dunkin' Donuts Commercial



FSN Baseball Commercial



Melbourne Film Festival Trailer





 

Noah's pretty surprised people talk about his project, and wonders if the coverage will ever end. He's answered so many questions about it that he rolls his eyes over IM when I try to get him to dish about what it's all been like.

But I know he secretly loves the attention.

Here's the interesting thing, though. Noah is an incredible photographer. When all this started happening, he was just launching his career, like so many other young dudes just out of SVA. And although he's sort of "famous" now, he doesn't have a rep. No agencies have contacted him. And when he's contacted them, the response hasn't been overwhelming. This project did not get Noah to where he wanted to be. He's rarely in print. Ideally he'd be shooting for Wired, GQ, Details, Fader, or the NY Times Magazine. And maybe a car ad. Hear that, Jaguar?



I mean, oh my god:

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This one's an outtake from a mag shoot he did get, for SEED. Noah says the art director there is amazing. Also, that guy is actually doing a backflip.


Oh well. Good luck, Noah. Beat down some doors, that's what I say! Here's what Noah says:


"Let's keep our fingers crossed and think negatively."


AMEN!



ps. Noah is cool and has  work in the PSC.


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I heart noah kalina.

i <3 noah kalina too.

also, SEED magazine is an EXCELLENT science magazine. i'm jealous that he got to shoot for them.

It is important to note that Noah's project is, itself, an offshoot of an idea many have had and executed before. Notably:

http://www.ethanham.com/blog/2008/03/one-year-performances.html#links

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