'100' (from 0 to 100 years in 150 seconds)

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In October 2011 I started documenting people in the city of Amsterdam, approaching them in the street and asking them to say their age in front of the camera. My aim was to 'collect' a group of 100 people, from age 0 to 100. At first my collection grew fast but slowed down when it got down to the very young and very old. The young because of sensivity around filming or photographing children and the very old because they don't get out of the house much. I found my very old 'models' in care homes and it was a privilege to document these -often vulnerable- people for this project. I had particular problems finding a 99 year-old. (Apparently 100 year-olds enjoy notoriety, but a 99 year-old is a rare species...) And when I finally did find one, she refused to state her age. She simply denied being 99 years old! But finally, some 4 months after I recorded my first 'age', I was able to capture the 'missing link' and conclude this project. Enjoy.

(By the way: together these people have lived 5050 years...)

Shot on a Panasonic GH2
Lenses: mostly a Cosmicar 25mm 1.4 and a Panasonic 20mm 1.7

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[Prince Rabih]

Erg Leuke Filmpje :D

[Filmersblog]

Dank je wel!

[Harlie Sellars]

Its in German

[Filmersblog]

Close, but no cigar. It's Dutch, from Holland, actually the Netherlands...

[R8CHILL124]

@filmersblog were you in this video? If so, what age? Thanks.

[Filmersblog]

Hi R8chel, I´m not in the video but I´m sure to make an appearance in of my next films... My son, however, is ´10´ and my stepfather ´82´.

[John Stilley]

I didn't expect that to be nearly as interesting as it was.

[Joy Shin]

lol watch it with closing caption on

[Nemanja Stojanović]

This was actually scary for me, to watch so fast what people turn into. Time is slow, but horrible killer.

[elswaino]

I burst out laughing at the last one. It also makes me want to look after myself more when you see clearly how differently people can age.

[Harlie Sellars]

Oh I recognised the numbers

[أحمد الشمراني]

العمر سريع ..

والأيام تجري .. اللهم أشغلنا بطاعتك .

[Wefaq Al]

ابتسمت ٩٩مرة وبالمائة دمعت عيناي!

[Kkk Alshamrani]

فكرة حلوه