Since we last wrote about Noah K., 432 days have gone by—and 432 photos of his high-browed, wide-eyed, solemn face have appeared on his website, Noah K. Everyday. In the pictures, the unruliness of his hair ebbs and flows, his shirts change or disappear altogether, but his characteristic somber gaze holds steady.
With monk-like devotion, Noah has devoted himself to snapping a daily self-portrait and uploading the image to his webpage. And with what now feels like Web-like predictability, this quirky, personal project has brought him some measure of Internet fame.
A video stream of six years of Noah's self-portraits has garnered nearly 7 million views on YouTube and a leading art museum purchased a version for its permanent collection. Newspapers, magazines, and websites have come calling and VH-1 invited Noah backstage to pose with the stars at their "Big in '06" awards show. We emailed Noah to see how he's taking it:
Noah, you're a YouTube star. You've posed with Paris Hilton. And you were just acquired by the Austin Museum of Art. How's it feel?
It feels really good. It's great to get worldwide recognition for this project. It has certainly been an exciting ride. Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would become as big as it did. By the way, I should thank you! When you named my website the Pick of the day last year, it really set the whole thing in motion. Read the full profile...
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