IMAGES OF THIS FACE EVER MADE
90
EFFORT PER IMAGE
days
The painted self-portrait
Rembrandt, a lifetime of mirror-studies
1650
early photo
today
Rare and laborious.
Each image was hours of work — so each one had to mean something.
Painted
Early photo
Today's selfie
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Drag the
knob
along the timeline — watch the
count
explode and the
effort
collapse, and ask what was gained and lost.