Portrait of Lotte
Dutch viral video
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Portrait of Lotte is a series of time-lapse viral videos depicting the growth of a baby girl into a pre-teen, and subsequently an adult.[1][2] It was first posted by filmmaker Frans Hofmeester from Utrecht, Netherlands on 17 April 2012.[3] The video, depicting Lotte growing into a 12-year old, gained widespread attention and the video was used on a Sprint commercial.[4][5]
After the first video covered Lotte's growth from newborn to 12 years of age, Hofmeester has kept releasing videos of Lotte, such as from birth to 18 years old[6][7] and, as of January 2023[update] from birth to 23 years of age.[8]
Hoffmeester has also released videos of his son growing up.[1]
Background
Hoffmeester recorded 15 second videos every week of his daughter, Lotte, from a newborn to a teenager and compiled them together to make a time-lapse video. He calls it "the ultimate coming of age time-lapse". He has done several videos of her being recorded to different ages, such as 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 years old.[9][10]
Hofmeester explains, "She was changing at such a rapid pace, that I felt the need to document the way she looked, to keep my memories intact".[11]
Commenting on the occasions he found it difficult to get the footage required, he said, "Sometimes they did not feel like it. Then I said, 'Just one minute. Tell me about your ball game, did you win?' That way I stalled them so I could complete the shot".[4]
