--- title: VIDEO: Teen Takes Selfie Every Day For 7 Years From Ages 12 to 19 description: Hugo Cornellier took a selfie every day from when he was 12 to 19 canonical: https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-11T15:34:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:20.200Z og:title: VIDEO: Teen Takes Selfie Every Day For 7 Years From Ages 12 to 19 og:description: "I was taking selfies before it was mainstream" og:url: https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea18a320d0f95881/69869f06e53aba66004d3f1d/screen-shot-2014-08-11-at-10-20-17-am.png?branch=production&width=477&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 477 og:image:height: 268 og:image:alt: youtube og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: VIDEO: Teen Takes Selfie Every Day For 7 Years From Ages 12 to 19 twitter:description: "I was taking selfies before it was mainstream" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea18a320d0f95881/69869f06e53aba66004d3f1d/screen-shot-2014-08-11-at-10-20-17-am.png?branch=production&width=477&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Teen Who Took a Selfie Every Day for 7 Years Transform Before Your Eyes by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 11, 2014 3:34 PM UTC  Hugo Cornellier, YouTube by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 11, 2014 3:34 PM UTC Kim Kardashian might get [a lot of selfie buzz](http://time.com/3096123/kim-kardashian-selfies-book/), but according to [19-year old Hugo Cornellier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdvojC0KSOM), “I was taking selfies before they were cool.” Almost every day for the last seven years — “Out of 2500 pics I should have, I’m missing about 50,” he told _TIME_ — Cornellier sat in front of his computer to take a selfie, capturing experimental facial hair and all. Over the years, Cornellier has posted updates on his YouTube. But the recent video tracking his development from 12 to 19 has been a particular hit, [accumulating 1.2 million views in just over 2 weeks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdvojC0KSOM). And Cornellier isn’t planning on stopping any time soon. “I still take a picture every single day,” he said. “This will go on forever. I never plan on stopping.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/"},"headline":"Watch a Teen Who Took a Selfie Every Day for 7 Years Transform Before Your Eyes","datePublished":"2014-08-11T15:34:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:20.200Z","description":"“I was taking selfies before they were cool.”","url":"https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","video","selfie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea18a320d0f95881/69869f06e53aba66004d3f1d/screen-shot-2014-08-11-at-10-20-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea18a320d0f95881/69869f06e53aba66004d3f1d/screen-shot-2014-08-11-at-10-20-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"youtube","caption":"","creditText":"Hugo Cornellier, YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3100786/teen-took-selfie-every-day-for-7-years/","name":"Watch a Teen Who Took a Selfie Every Day for 7 Years Transform Before Your Eyes"}}]}] ```