Tom Tangney
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April 23, 2012 @ 12:12 pmA Dutch filmmaker is garnering a lot of attention for a couple of time-lapse videos showing his 12 year old daughter and 9 year old son growing up ... in under 3 minutes.
Frans Hofmeester has filmed his daughter Lotte every week of her life. This past week, he compiled a chronological collection of clips from 12 years' worth of videos and posted it on his website. It's causing an Internet sensation. Lotte's 9-year-old brother Vince is now getting the same fatherly treatment.
I'm partial to this film experiment because I did something similar a couple of decades ago when my daughters were first born. I took a photo of my first daughter every day of her life for five years. I did the same thing for my second daughter ... for two years straight. I've also interviewed them over the years on a semi-regular basis, primarily because I think it will be fascinating (for me and for them) to see what they were like at various stages of their lives.
But I must admit I second-guessed myself every so often. Was I taking advantage of my kids? Was I somehow warping them by doing this? Was I in danger of turning them into media-hounds, girls who lived for attention and nothing else? Or might it have the opposite effect, making them unnaturally shy and excessively private? Who knows?
Finally, what does a parent like me do when his daughter all of a sudden says she doesn't want her picture taken? I simply stopped. After all, "no" means "no."
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Stevebo wrote...I am always fascinated by video's like thisApril 24, 2012 9:32 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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lmehdi wrote...VideoApril 24, 2012 3:33 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Oly80 wrote...gotta say...April 24, 2012 11:23 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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SeattleJack wrote...Age 12?April 24, 2012 12:12 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Bindi Blue wrote...Beautiful girlApril 24, 2012 12:54 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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kata wrote...this..April 24, 2012 1:20 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Inamorato wrote...Growing Up On FilmApril 24, 2012 6:51 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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