Noah Kalina

Born in Huntington, New York, on July 4, 1980,{{cite book |editor-last=Lehner |editor-first=Ace |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Self-Representation in an Expanded Field |publisher=MDPI |page=87 |isbn= 9783038975649}} Kalina attended Harborfields High School. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts. For years he was based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn{{cite news |url = http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/12/he_oughta_be_in_pictures.html |date = 2006-12-22 |accessdate = 2007-08-26 |first = Liz |last = Kelly |newspaper = The Washington Post |title = He Oughta Be in Pictures |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511233020/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/12/he_oughta_be_in_pictures.html |archivedate = 2008-05-11 }} but Kalina now works from a studio in Lumberland, New York.{{cite web | url = http://www.catskillartsociety.org/events/2021/9/11/noah-kalina-over-time | title = Noah Kalina "Over Time" | publisher = Catskills Art Society | access-date= November 23, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Essmaker |first=Ryan |title=Noah Kalina |work=The Great Discontent |date=July 17, 2018 |url=https://thegreatdiscontent.com/interview/noah-kalina |accessdate=December 5, 2020}} Kalina has created a number of widely exhibited photographs, generally working in medium format, using the Danish Phase One XF camera+IQ3 back with Schneider and Phase One lenses and Profoto strobes.{{cite web |url=https://usesthis.com/interviews/noah.kalina/ |title=Uses This / Noah Kalina |last=Bogan |first=Daniel |date=21 September 2021 |website=UsesThis.com |access-date=24 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.featureshoot.com/2014/04/whats-camera-bag-photographer-noah-kalina/ |title=What's In Your Camera Bag?: Photographer Noah Kalina |last=Gorence |first=Amanda |date=15 April 2014 |website=FeatureShoot |access-date=16 February 2022}}

A number of Kalina's projects have been noted as examinations of the passage of time.{{cite web |url=https://onezero.medium.com/nfts-are-critical-for-the-future-of-art-47229311dcf8 |title=NFTs Are Critical for the Future of Art |last=Brooks |first=Ellis |date=17 December 2021 |website=OneZero |access-date=22 December 2021 |quote=Time is a recurring theme in Kalina’s work, and he frequently works on series that explore and document subtle changes in a single subject over a long period.}} By returning to a subject at a later point and creating additional photographs of it, a sequence of his images draws attention both to the aspects of the subject that have changed and the aspects that have remained the same. Projects that use this format include Everyday (himself, since 2000), Domino Sugar (the Domino Sugar Factory, since 2010), River and N1 (the intersection of River Street and North 1st Street in Brooklyn, since 2013), Lumberland (a black walnut tree, since 2015), and The River (the Delaware River, since 2015).{{cite web |url=https://99u.adobe.com/articles/67285/daily-vision-20-year-photography-career-noah-kalina |title=How to Channel a Daily Vision into a 20-Year Photography Career |last=Gottschalk |first=Molly |website=99u |publisher=Adobe |access-date=24 November 2021}} In 2020, The New York Times commissioned a new extended series of photos-over-time from Kalina of the view from his bedroom window from October 2020 to June 2021.{{cite news |date=July 25, 2021 |title=Inside Culture: Portfolio |department=Arts and Leisure |work=The New York Times |location=New York |page=2 |quote=The photographer Noah Kalina, who often creates time-lapse projects, created more than 110 pictures from the same spot at his home in Lumberland, N.Y., between October and June – a time when many were forced to remain stationary.}}

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|quote = [Everyday] represents a phenomenal amplification [in] how many people the piece touched in such a short period of time. There is nothing comparable in the history of photography.

|author = –William A. Ewing, museum director of the Musée de l'Élysée

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Kalina began taking a photo of himself every day starting on January 10, 2000, at age 19.{{cite web |last1=Kalina |first1=Noah |editor-last1=Bijani |editor-first1=Jacob |editor-last2=Griffiths |editor-first2=Matthew |editor-last3=Evans |editor-first3=Henry |title=Everyday - About |date=January 2022 |url=https://everyday.photo/about |language=English |access-date=13 January 2025}}{{cite youtube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ov4AzIooxk|title=Opening The Archive Drawer: 25 Years of Everyday|author=Noah Kalina|date=12 January 2025|access-date=13 January 2025|website=youtube.com|quote=I actually started this project on January 10, 2000. Now, all my videos, almost all the places this is in print, say January 11, 2000 … in 2006, when I put the first YouTube video up, that was just a mistake, and I just incorrectly dated it.}} The video Everyday shows the photos chronologically, six per second, with an original piano score by his former girlfriend Carly Comando.{{cite web | url = http://gothamist.com/2008/01/09/noah_kalina_pho.php | date = 9 January 2008 | accessdate = 30 November 2012 | last = Carlson | first = Jen | publisher = Gothamist | title = Noah Kalina, Photographer | quote = That video, called "everyday," was scored to original music by his ex-girlfriend Carly Comando | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140414020934/http://gothamist.com/2008/01/09/noah_kalina_pho.php | archivedate = 14 April 2014 }} Kalina uploaded the video in August 2006 where it received widespread attention and has since become the subject of homages and parodies. The long-term project is ongoing. Since 2009, Kalina has been using the Nikon Coolpix S10 to make his daily portrait.{{cite tech report |first=James |last=Matey |title=Iris Recognition on Noah Kalina's Everyday |number=2154 |institution=National Institute of Standards and Technology |date=April 2021 |doi=10.6028/NIST.TN.2154 |url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/TechnicalNotes/NIST.TN.2154.pdf }}

Kalina's style of photography has been described as "meditative" and "quiet".{{cite web |title=Noah Kalina - The Shorty Awards |work=Shorty Awards |url=https://shortyawards.com/8th/noahkalina |accessdate=December 22, 2020}}

• In May 2012, Kalina created the official wedding portrait of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in their backyard in Palo Alto, California.
• In 2012, Disney selected Kalina to produce a series of photographs of their characters in their parks called "The Looking Glass".{{cite web |url=https://laughingsquid.com/the-looking-glass-disney-parks-as-seen-by-selected-photographers/ |title=The Looking Glass, Disney Parks As Seen By Selected Photographers |last=Blazenhoff |first=Rusty |date=2 November 2012 |website=Laughing Squid |access-date=24 November 2021}}
• In 2013, conglomerate General Electric commissioned Kalina to produce photographs in their newly opened $50 million jet engine testing site to document aviation developments.{{cite web |url=https://www.ge.com/news/reports/some-like-it-cold-where-jet-engines-must-endure |title=Some Like It Cold: Where Jet Engines Must Endure Icing to Take the Cake |date=21 March 2013 |website=GE.com |access-date=24 November 2021}}
• In 2016, tech-giant Google sent Kalina to document through photography their data centers around the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/google-data-centre-murals-dublin-iowa |title=Google paints giant, colourful murals on its Irish and US data centres |last=Kennedy |first=John |date=17 March 2017 |website=Silicon Republic |access-date=24 November 2021}}
• In 2019, after major renovations, the Museum of Modern Art commissioned a series of photographs to highlight their reopening campaign "the New MoMA".{{cite web |url=http://untitled-magazine.com/the-moma-reveals-fresh-museum-experience-with-reopening/ |title=The MoMA reveals fresh museum experience with reopening |last=Wiegers |first=Liz |date=17 October 2019 |website=Untitled Magazine |access-date=24 November 2021}}

In July 2019, Kalina began to publish a popular email newsletter covering topics including photography and nature and Kalina has commented this project is his primary focus.{{cite interview |subject-link=Noah Kalina |title=Noah Kalina |type= |work= |date= |publisher=The Caret |url=https://www.thecaret.co/interviews/noah-kalina |access-date=24 September 2021}}{{cite news |last=Robayo |first=Patricio |date=September 10, 2021 |title=Noah Kalina presents 'Over Time' |url=https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/noah-kalina-presents-over-time,51660 |work=Sullivan County Democrat |location=Callicoon, New York |access-date=24 November 2021}} In October 2020, Kalina and commercial director Adam Lisagor launched the podcast All Consuming{{Cite web|title=All Consuming|url=https://allconsuming.show/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=All Consuming|language=en-US}} where they review direct-to-consumer brands that advertise on Instagram.{{Cite web|title='All Consuming' Podcast, Featuring Adam Lisagor and Noah Kalina Reviewing Direct to Consumer Products|url=https://laughingsquid.com/all-consuming-podcast-direct-to-consumer-products/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Laughing Squid|date=15 October 2020 |language=en-US}}

• {{cite book |last1=Kalina |first1=Noah |author-link1=Noah Kalina |editor-last1=Lamb |editor-first1=Richy |year=2020 |title=Tiny Flock |publication-place=Glasgow, Scotland |publisher=Post Post Modern}}
• {{cite book |last1=Kalina |first1=Noah |author-link1=Noah Kalina |year=2019 |title=Bedmounds |isbn=978-1949608137 |publisher=Yoffy Press}}
• {{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Zach |author-link1=Zach Klein |last2=Kalina |first2=Noah |author-link2=Noah Kalina |year=2015 |title=Cabin Porn |isbn=978-0316378215 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company}}
• {{cite book |last1=Kalina |first1=Noah |author-link1=Noah Kalina |year=2014 |title=PRIMED |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1503269231}}

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• {{Official website|https://noahkalina.com}}
• [https://aperture.org/tag/noah-kalina/ Noah Kalina] at Aperture Foundation
• [https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Noah-Kalina/9D35700EB60EC494 Noah Kalina] at MutualArt

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