Time’s Arrow (But Not In A Martin Amisy Way)
I cannot stop looking at this. There’s something about the flatness of the subjects’ affect (apparently a learned pose, which sinks in sometime around age 4) and something about the monumental changes in the kids and the ever-so-gradual changes in the parents that I find absolutely haunting.
1 April 2007 8.11 pm
What a great site. That woman just gets more gorgeous as she gets older.
Aging is so awesome when you only think about it from the neck up, eh?
4 April 2007 2.36 pm
Reminds me of Michael Apted’s UP series of films, which I love: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473434/
When the latest, 49 Up, came to a theater in my area last year I rushed out to see it, because I am fascinated to see the transformation in these individuals over a period of years. (The fact that I am only one year older than they are makes it even more poignant, and sometimes disturbing.)
Even closer is Godfrey Reggio’s short film, Evidence (http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/evidence.php), with pictures of children’s faces during a typical everyday activity—which is only revealed at the end of the film. I saw this again recently at a presentation by composer Phillip Glass, who played live to the film. The effect on the audience at the revelation of just what they were watching was palpable.