The clip, called “Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years,” has been watched millions of times on YouTube. It has been imitated and satirized countless times, even on “The Simpsons.”

Kalina started the project, of course, before YouTube existed, and worked on it as a student at the School of Visual Arts. Today Kalina shoots still photography professionally; his work has appeared in magazines such as New York and Interview.