You're looking too deep into this 😂 there is equal distance between all of them and they are just doing a serious face, like they did in the old days. It's a style. Don't try to read things that aren't actually there.
@@76482 I don't think it's that though lol peoppe are looking way too deep into this..thrybarw all standing the same distance apart and doing the "serious look". And these are just the pics they show. They probably take multiple pics every year, but this is what they chose to go with.
@@TheKatarinaGiselle In another comment someone said the man is an artist. If this series is meant to be art I think you're actually supposed to look a little deeper. But it's possible they were doing this transition on purpose.
At least they have their parents, cherish your mothers and fathers, no matter what state the relationship is in. The real sadness happens when you lose them😢.
@@malloryknox6802 on the internet, we're all American, just like how we're all guys too, the women too and the children are all FBI agents C'mon man! Get with the memo
The man in the photo is Zed Nelson. He is a photographer and an artist. This work is entitled The Family. The series is incomplete, there are more photos, going forward the son gets married and in turn has a child, the last photo has five people, not three and they are not sad.
Zed Nelson was a photographer, the parents names were Sue and Frank He didn't take photos of his own family here, it was of another family, Zed Nelson was only 25 when he started these photos Eddie is the child
I watched this a few times, and even without reading the comments, I felt sad watching this... Watching the change of these humans, and just remembering my own life during these years and knowing that I'll never, ever get those years of growing up back. It's just really crazy to think that your entire youth is already gone, and you'll never have that experience of life again...
The longer you watch the sadder it gets because they’re just forcing themselves to take a family picture 😭😭 Thats honestly the most real life it’s ever been. Real but sad
I did research and I found out that the whole project was about aging and the photos don’t represent how they are in real life. They are still a big happy family and the son has a family of his own! The photographer of the project is Zed Nelson! He plans on doing this project for as long as he possibly can
Right! All this “she’s sad” stuff is so annoying. These type of photos scream artist so I wouldn’t think that they are experiencing sadness in these photos. Normally sad people pretend to be happy on family photos and don’t post or share the “bad” photos.
Just watching everyone inch farther away from each other is heartbreaking. The smiles fading, the dad looking more sad/angry the kid looking lonely and the mom having no emotion..
it’s not a sad project!! i recommend looking it up they family was often told not to smile because the photographer wanted authenticity not ‘family photos’ they have grandchildren now which were added in the project as well, they’re a happy family just were told not to smile.
@@JAEJourneyAroundEurope oh im sorry 😅I'm a med student that does photography freelancing I've talked about this project a lot while volunteering at my local film lab. Zed Nelson is one of my favorite photography so ive studied almost all of his projects. It ends when the boy turns 30, and has a kid of his own representing a cycle. once again I recommend you check it out, its called "the family" by Zed Nelson
@@JAEJourneyAroundEurope i’m sorry i’m a med student and photography enthusiast who has done presentations on this project; and even speeches on this project at local film festival.
The mom toward the end and at the end breaks my heart, the father too. We don't know their story but I can't help but feel they grew apart. As parents we sacrifice so much for our children often times giving all we have to our children leaving nothing for eachother. I hope this couple found their way back into eachothers arms and are smiling again now that they've raised their child into a young man
It’s heartbreaking. My marriage didn’t survive kids. We held on for nearly 20 years. But we didn’t go on dates and we didn’t make each other important. So it ended two years ago. We were best friends. 😢 we sacrificed everything for our boys.
My heart is pounding so hard in fear that one of them might not be there in the later photos 😭 This is so wholesome, I hope and pray that they will continue doing this in the future together for a very very long time🙏
Really?? He lost his hair, started wearing glasses, and looked thinly by the end. Everyone’s talking about their smiles but I was focused on how sad it is to watch your parents age
Yes and then they all seem to slowly deteriorate in happiness. By age 8, mom looks depleted. She regains for self for a few years but winds up looking older and more used as each year follows. Sad to see how hard life is on us!
I think these photos are the saddest I’ve seen , it reflects the happy start with a new baby and all the great opportunities ahead and as time goes by , you just see distant and unhappy people, probably stayed together because of the love they shared towards the son , quiet tragic 😢
You also generally look at life differently when most of the journey (time wise, not necessarily experience wise) is behind you rather than in front of you, and you become more serious as time goes by. Doesn’t mean they’re in an unhappy marriage, they might just be out of the “honeymoon phase” of being new parents.
If this can reassure you, in the comments I found out that they said this is a project and the photographer asked them to be serious as it wanted authenticity and not a Family photo, now they even added their grandchildren
We go from spending all of our time with these ppl....to so little..... they get old and gray....,and every time it's so hard to imagine a world without them.... 😞
@az-bp7ns my oldest son lost his daddy almost 2 years ago... he was 33. I've been trying to help my son thru it but at times it feels impossible. My son will be 14 at the end of this month ... he was incredibly close to his daddy ... I feel your ache bc I see it in my child every single day. Sending u so much love ❤️
You can see the years the parents struggled and the years they were the closest. It's so upsetting once they're all standing apart and very serious faces. Once technology took over in the early 2000's and the cost of everything spiked, while the housing market crashed.. Things have never been the same. It's been misery due to sacrifice for comfort and basic needs. The American Dream died a long time ago 😢
I'd go back to the 2000s anyday compared to now. 😢 The 2000s were nowhere near as bad as the shitstorm we're all living in right now, called the 2020s - a global pandemic, war after war after war with no end in sight and the now high possibility of a Third World War, cost of living crisis, endless protests, and economic recession/depression that is far worse than it ever was back in the 2000s. At least back in the noughties you had breaks within the decade where things were running fine and smooth. Ever since 2020, it's literally just been a case of 'what other bad thing is gonna happen now.' I think a lot of it boils down to media misrepresentation. The 1990s gets all the glamour and is always rose-tinted when in fact, just like its brother decade the 2000s, had its fair share of doom and gloom... If you were an eastern European during this time (especially earlier in the decade) life was definitely not easy with raging wars in the Balkans, and that's just one example... Also the First Gulf War occurred, driving fuel prices up and having an effect on the economy. My point is that the 2000s gets a lot of bad rep (especially in America mostly because of 9/11 and Iraq/Afghanistan) but looking beyond what the media showed at the time and if you were elsewhere, things were not bad.
As a father of a 3 years old boy this clip makes me feel warm and sad at the same time. I want to see him grow strong but at the same time I want him to be my little boy forever
I love how everyone interprets the photos as only art can. Everyone’s interpretation I believe reflects their own story from depression to joy. Being about the same age as the Dad and having a daughter the same age I can relate. Great job in bring out our emotions. Truly a on going work of art !!
I remember one day, when i was 23, my dad started being so different. He wouldn't joke with me or tickle me like he used to. He got so distant from me yet never told me anything vocally despite me asking him like 1000 times. I felt it so much. I cried for two days straight. That day i learnt that we grow old and we change. We can never stay the same. My dad was very a playful, happy, jolly person. He started being a little bit playful again after few days. But still, my dad whom knew since i was a kid never came back. (You may wonder that i did something that might have hurt him, i am a very alone and introverted person, my family is all i know, i never had any boyfriends or anything and me and my dad never argued over anything)
my aunt (mom's sister) had a nickname for me. The day her husband died was the last day she called me of that nickname. she lost her joy and I kinda lost mine.
For me it's the time i was passing trough a major depression (the biggest i've had). And because of that, my school results dropped. My parents weren't happy and my father told me that he's disapointed in me. I had no support. It was so hard. I tried my best but failed that year. My relationship with my father was completly broken. I passed the next year and took a rest from school. I began to work (a well pay job). I was 23, now i'm 26.
It is strange how easy it is to feel the mom in the photos. Dad and son seem to have their own space almost. Mom has this beautiful quirky personality you can tell by what she is wearing oh those shoes. She needs a hug though you can see that too. She maybe gives to much of herself making sure everyone else is happy. Now that her son is grown I hope she takes some time for herself she looks like she deserves it. Dad too, kids are rough and I swear just getting them to the stage where they can dress themselves and hold down a job is a huge accomplishment.
What?? What nonsense! As long as you are here you have work to be doing! I am so laughing at this comment yet feel sad for you. Get going granny! Get with the loving and doing good. It shows up in your heart, body, mind, soul and in the mirror! 👍
We are so busy growing up that sometimes we forget that our parents are growing old too!!! And this reality hits hard.😢 Edit:- i never got like above 100 ...thanks guys!!
@@Susweca5569 unless i heal, children is out of option Someone with pain just going to unintentionally create the same pain to their children, especially if they have no best support system with them
This hits hard, My daughter is growing up so fast going to be 6, just seeing their faces and smiles change is kinda…. Heart throbbing a bit, also makes you realize keep the good memories and days close and don’t take things for granted
"The man in the photo is Zed Nelson. He is a photographer and an artist. This work is entitled The Family. The series is incomplete, there are more photos, going forward the son gets married and in turn has a child, the last photo has five people, not three and they are not sad."
My son moved across the country about 10 years ago and I feel like whenever he visits, it hits him how old I’m getting. Which is funny, because I look at him like; damn, he’s almost 40 and when did that happen!
This is pretty cool, I was born in 91 and it would have been great to do this every year. I have two kids that are already 6 and 7 but it would be cool to start doing a picture like this every year
The photographer messed up. The photos aren’t half as interesting as before and now he’s got the whole Internet speculating on this family’s relationship. 🤦🏻♀️
I don't see that at all. I see life. Togetherness. They are still present for the photos. In long term bonding, the physical turns into other things. Like trust.
I don’t know why, but at some point I thought they were going to show just. Him because they died. Edit 1: don’t be that kind of person but thank you for 119 likes
Amazing, the amount of emotional changes from yr to yr is telling & watching the boy grow into adulthood as parents age, as thou some transference is taking place, is the cycle of our life... may your family see long yrs of successes & full of prideful moments w/trying times being conquered...
Gradually looking more like a family distanced and unhappy in their lives, but still forcing themselves tp take these pics os heart wrenching. Hopefully someday their smiles may return😢
It is wild how fast 25 years go by. For me it is so scary. They look sad. I wonder what they think when they look at these. Dear young ppl (anyone under 40) PLEEZ when you grow old your memories are all that matters. Make them count! Family is so important. I wish I knew how to get past the gloom and doomed feeling from getting old. Its shitty to be feeling like that.
The gradual sense of unhappiness on the moms face is heart wrenching.
Right 😢
Heartbreaking 😢
She always stands a slight distance away from father and son, except the early years
Thats gonna all of you in 20 years as well
@@noahsebastian7690 Maybe not… now that I saw this. 🙏
When the smiles disappear and they physically keep distance between them is so heart wrenching
You're looking too deep into this 😂 there is equal distance between all of them and they are just doing a serious face, like they did in the old days. It's a style. Don't try to read things that aren't actually there.
It's the trajectory of real life. The glow of marriage and babies can easily morph into never ending weary, toil, and burden. 😢
@@76482 I don't think it's that though lol peoppe are looking way too deep into this..thrybarw all standing the same distance apart and doing the "serious look". And these are just the pics they show. They probably take multiple pics every year, but this is what they chose to go with.
No, she was clearly smiling in the beginning, and then no more. They only had this one child. I wonder why.
@@TheKatarinaGiselle In another comment someone said the man is an artist. If this series is meant to be art I think you're actually supposed to look a little deeper. But it's possible they were doing this transition on purpose.
watching them slowly stop smiling and stand farther away from each other broke me 😓😓🩷
They didn’t stop smiling, they weren’t smiling from the beginning with only 2 or 3 exceptions…
@@DasTamii dad smiled in six pictures before 2001 and mom smiled in 4 of them, yes, I‘ve counted 😂 they looked happier and closer with each other
This broke my heart for some reason. Seeing them through the stages of they’re lives. Joyful, happy, content, placid, distant, separate…
It's so sad, and it's the reality of our lost world.... not dinosaurs, but our souls. I'm with you God, everyday,,,,come on,let's take em down
@@hanasneen653 they want this my friend, those who own us
Wow your comment was so real. You're exactly right 😢😢
My heart was broken when I saw their beautiful smiles fade.....
I pray my family alwayz has genuine happiness and peace
❤️🔥❤️🩹❤️🩹
At least they have their parents, cherish your mothers and fathers, no matter what state the relationship is in. The real sadness happens when you lose them😢.
Made me cry to be honest
OMG MAMA I'M FAMOUS-
Everbody looking lowk depressed after 2001😭😭
Well all got collectively depressed after 2001
@@savioblancdude thinks everyone is American 😂
@@malloryknox6802 on the internet, we're all American, just like how we're all guys too, the women too and the children are all FBI agents
C'mon man! Get with the memo
@@savioblanc I wasn’t even born yet
they did it’s so sad😭they have like no emotion and spread apart from eachother😭
The man in the photo is Zed Nelson. He is a photographer and an artist. This work is entitled The Family. The series is incomplete, there are more photos, going forward the son gets married and in turn has a child, the last photo has five people, not three and they are not sad.
They really do look very sad why not smile in the photos when there happy. It's like a decline downwards
Zed Nelson was a photographer, the parents names were Sue and Frank
He didn't take photos of his own family here, it was of another family, Zed Nelson was only 25 when he started these photos
Eddie is the child
thank you for informing this
I love how the last 3 years pics showed the dad prepared to wear the same vest for the photoshoot
I would love to see that photo!
The son slowly morphed into his father, it's so sweet. Not everyone is touchy feely, I pray everything is well with them
why did it feel like the parents grew apart while their child grew up 😭
Sameee😢
It happens more than you think
@@atasrose8971:(((
😮righ your very intuitive. A picture can show millions things ,
because this is how it works in most families
I watched this a few times, and even without reading the comments, I felt sad watching this... Watching the change of these humans, and just remembering my own life during these years and knowing that I'll never, ever get those years of growing up back. It's just really crazy to think that your entire youth is already gone, and you'll never have that experience of life again...
Camone dont be dramatic. Dramaaa queeen, what you see its always the reflexion of your perceptions
@@MariaCastro-jm5qnStop invalidating people's feelings.
@@MariaCastro-jm5qn yikes
Feel the same.
May be it's the music.
The longer you watch the sadder it gets because they’re just forcing themselves to take a family picture 😭😭 Thats honestly the most real life it’s ever been. Real but sad
I did research and I found out that the whole project was about aging and the photos don’t represent how they are in real life. They are still a big happy family and the son has a family of his own! The photographer of the project is Zed Nelson! He plans on doing this project for as long as he possibly can
They look sad
@@jameelaferguson6856did u read what the person wrote...
Thank you. I feel this is realistic. We aren't always happy.
The range of emotions I felt watching this. Really made me think. Time goes fast. Sweet family.
Too fast 😔
The parents smile gradually disappearing as years went by 😢
Just from her clothing, you can tell mom is very artistic. Shes probably a photographer herself.
I agree
Right! All this “she’s sad” stuff is so annoying. These type of photos scream artist so I wouldn’t think that they are experiencing sadness in these photos. Normally sad people pretend to be happy on family photos and don’t post or share the “bad” photos.
No she looks depressed
No she's still young inside... ❤
And mom is very casual
This made me cry. Time just flashes by. We need to cherish the moments we have.
Grew into a spitting image of his dad. This is beautiful & lucky they were together for such a blessed amount of time . Beautiful
Right!! That’s exactly what I was thinking!
But most of the time, unfortunately, they do not look happy. Their faces and body language prove this hypothesis. Very sad.
How is that good? His dad looked ugly
At least bother to smile if it is going to be used as special moments for 25 years
Just watching everyone inch farther away from each other is heartbreaking. The smiles fading, the dad looking more sad/angry the kid looking lonely and the mom having no emotion..
it’s not a sad project!! i recommend looking it up they family was often told not to smile because the photographer wanted authenticity not ‘family photos’
they have grandchildren now which were added in the project as well, they’re a happy family just were told not to smile.
@@oliviapetithommeand you are?????
@@JAEJourneyAroundEurope oh im sorry 😅I'm a med student that does photography freelancing
I've talked about this project a lot while volunteering at my local film lab. Zed Nelson is one of my favorite photography so ive studied almost all of his projects.
It ends when the boy turns 30, and has a kid of his own representing a cycle. once again I recommend you check it out, its called "the family" by Zed Nelson
@@JAEJourneyAroundEurope she explained the reason for the stern faces. What does it matter who OP is?
@@JAEJourneyAroundEurope i’m sorry i’m a med student and photography enthusiast who has done presentations on this project; and even speeches on this project at local film festival.
The mom toward the end and at the end breaks my heart, the father too. We don't know their story but I can't help but feel they grew apart. As parents we sacrifice so much for our children often times giving all we have to our children leaving nothing for eachother. I hope this couple found their way back into eachothers arms and are smiling again now that they've raised their child into a young man
Yes that’s what I felt too 🥺and how quickly kids grow up
Ah life!
That's why we still go on dates - even just for coffee. We talk about other stuff than our son. It's important to find each other important.
Those teenage years, man! They can tear you apart if you let them. Parenting is hard but so so worth it. ❤
It’s heartbreaking. My marriage didn’t survive kids. We held on for nearly 20 years. But we didn’t go on dates and we didn’t make each other important. So it ended two years ago. We were best friends. 😢 we sacrificed everything for our boys.
It feels like the son and dad were closer too.
Am I the only one who noticed that their happiness fading over the years?
Apparently they are all happy and the son has a family of his own
They started pretty late with the baby, they just got older and are probably tired, doesn’t mean they are not happy
@@alexandrugeorge1573 so u are saying happiness will fade with aging!?
My heart is pounding so hard in fear that one of them might not be there in the later photos 😭 This is so wholesome, I hope and pray that they will continue doing this in the future together for a very very long time🙏
Plus just because people don't smile doesn't mean they are unhappy just like when people smiles and laugh it doesn't mean they are always happy.
Same, I thought one would be gone by the end. Happy to see them all there, albeit sad looking
I was holding my breathe I just knew the last photo would be without a parent and was preparing to break down 😢
Same here!
Amen✝️🙏😇💙💕🥰
watching the moms smile fade broke my heart
edit: omg literally 2 days ago this was at 3k likes now its at 9k this blew up
Yes I felt like I wanted to cry
Why
@@Aktenkoffer because after a mother stops smiling it means something and it hurts that a mothers smile faded
@@Baddieshotaclock_1 yeah it's just really hard to see
So real🥺
The dad never changed, we watched the mom go through 25 phases
Really?? He lost his hair, started wearing glasses, and looked thinly by the end. Everyone’s talking about their smiles but I was focused on how sad it is to watch your parents age
Honestly, that's motherhood. Fatherhood is absolutely passive.
Yeah mom changed but not one of them attractive. Not one!
The father already looked older in the first photos
Laughing so much 😂😂😂😂
The mom is so stylish! Every year, a whole different look and hairstyle, iconic ✨👏🏾👏🏾
I thought she looked terrible most years. Maybe it's the lighting.
Struggling with who she is you think?
The latest year, the mom looks gorgeous!
She gets her clothes from the Good Will.
1996 was the year! You can see the love and happiness that all 3 of them had.
That was then..and we also saw the after then...😮
2000 too lol
Yes and then they all seem to slowly deteriorate in happiness. By age 8, mom looks depleted. She regains for self for a few years but winds up looking older and more used as each year follows. Sad to see how hard life is on us!
I think these photos are the saddest I’ve seen , it reflects the happy start with a new baby and all the great opportunities ahead and as time goes by , you just see distant and unhappy people, probably stayed together because of the love they shared towards the son , quiet tragic 😢
You also generally look at life differently when most of the journey (time wise, not necessarily experience wise) is behind you rather than in front of you, and you become more serious as time goes by. Doesn’t mean they’re in an unhappy marriage, they might just be out of the “honeymoon phase” of being new parents.
@@hayp682 why is it funny
@@whengrapespop5728 good point
Watch them slowly lose all their smiles😢
Edit: gee thanks for the likes
Literally was about to comment that 😔
Both of them stop smiling and look so tried
Yes, that made me so sad 😢
I wonder what the back story is here. 😢
Sorrowful. 😢
The camera man waited 25 years to post this 🤣🤣
I cant believe i cried. The smile fading away was SO SAD. Im not joking. There are tears right now on my face
If this can reassure you, in the comments I found out that they said this is a project and the photographer asked them to be serious as it wanted authenticity and not a Family photo, now they even added their grandchildren
I can't believe you did either
Yeh I was the same
Lol okayyy.....
@@apersonwhocantmoveitmoveit7688 ahhh ok
This really hit me in the feels. The pictures are so quiet yet so loud. Beautifully done.
This comment right here
Its just extremely heartbreaking to see our parents get old. We can't do anything about it but it still hurts 💔
We go from spending all of our time with these ppl....to so little..... they get old and gray....,and every time it's so hard to imagine a world without them.... 😞
@@PrettyPettyMara❣️
Dad aged horrifically in the early 00s. Maybe a major event like cancer?
My mom died at the age of 49.
@az-bp7ns my oldest son lost his daddy almost 2 years ago... he was 33. I've been trying to help my son thru it but at times it feels impossible. My son will be 14 at the end of this month ... he was incredibly close to his daddy ... I feel your ache bc I see it in my child every single day. Sending u so much love ❤️
Beautiful.. this made me cry i won't lie 🥺
How The little boy slowly started looking like his dad ❤
This is what I saw 😁
I know right. Like if they were the same person
It’s cause of the glassess
@@davidrobinson7260 yeah but....
In 2012 he looks exactly like the dad!!
After 2001 nobody’s happy😢
Edit: Omg Tysm this is the most likes I have ever gotten❤️
@@akleremezBro that's not a thing to joke abt
No towers?
@@akleremeztwin towers💀
I was happy
lol towers
You can see the years the parents struggled and the years they were the closest. It's so upsetting once they're all standing apart and very serious faces. Once technology took over in the early 2000's and the cost of everything spiked, while the housing market crashed.. Things have never been the same. It's been misery due to sacrifice for comfort and basic needs. The American Dream died a long time ago 😢
Don’t talk out of your ass. Maybe that was your experience. 🤡 all family drama is caused by technology taking over and the cost of goods going up.🙄
How can you possibly assume this family's happiness and struggles based on one snapshot in time each year? 😂
People are experiencing the American dream every day. You should move out of whatever decrepit red state your living in and see there is hope
I'd go back to the 2000s anyday compared to now. 😢
The 2000s were nowhere near as bad as the shitstorm we're all living in right now, called the 2020s - a global pandemic, war after war after war with no end in sight and the now high possibility of a Third World War, cost of living crisis, endless protests, and economic recession/depression that is far worse than it ever was back in the 2000s.
At least back in the noughties you had breaks within the decade where things were running fine and smooth. Ever since 2020, it's literally just been a case of 'what other bad thing is gonna happen now.'
I think a lot of it boils down to media misrepresentation. The 1990s gets all the glamour and is always rose-tinted when in fact, just like its brother decade the 2000s, had its fair share of doom and gloom... If you were an eastern European during this time (especially earlier in the decade) life was definitely not easy with raging wars in the Balkans, and that's just one example... Also the First Gulf War occurred, driving fuel prices up and having an effect on the economy.
My point is that the 2000s gets a lot of bad rep (especially in America mostly because of 9/11 and Iraq/Afghanistan) but looking beyond what the media showed at the time and if you were elsewhere, things were not bad.
As a father of a 3 years old boy this clip makes me feel warm and sad at the same time. I want to see him grow strong but at the same time I want him to be my little boy forever
I love how everyone interprets the photos as only art can. Everyone’s interpretation I believe reflects their own story from depression to joy. Being about the same age as the Dad and having a daughter the same age I can relate. Great job in bring out our emotions. Truly a on going work of art !!
Sadly this isn't the person who took the photos, just someone reposting the story.
Pov me waiting for color: 😶
It’s AI
Same💀
@@ItzGabby1330tf is bro on about 🗣️🔥🔥
@@ItzGabby1330how do you know
😂😂😂😂
I remember one day, when i was 23, my dad started being so different. He wouldn't joke with me or tickle me like he used to. He got so distant from me yet never told me anything vocally despite me asking him like 1000 times.
I felt it so much. I cried for two days straight. That day i learnt that we grow old and we change. We can never stay the same.
My dad was very a playful, happy, jolly person.
He started being a little bit playful again after few days. But still, my dad whom knew since i was a kid never came back.
(You may wonder that i did something that might have hurt him, i am a very alone and introverted person, my family is all i know, i never had any boyfriends or anything and me and my dad never argued over anything)
I feel u ❤. Im sorry
Just be there for him and yourself. You never know what someone is going through! ❤
Something there is that happened but it may be invisible.
my aunt (mom's sister) had a nickname for me. The day her husband died was the last day she called me of that nickname. she lost her joy and I kinda lost mine.
For me it's the time i was passing trough a major depression (the biggest i've had). And because of that, my school results dropped. My parents weren't happy and my father told me that he's disapointed in me.
I had no support. It was so hard. I tried my best but failed that year. My relationship with my father was completly broken.
I passed the next year and took a rest from school. I began to work (a well pay job). I was 23, now i'm 26.
The joy slowly leaving them... heartbreaking.
1995 felt like the parents started sleeping in separate beds
Kid: 25
Parents: 85
Hey maybe they didn’t want a child til they were that old so they don’t have to help him with his children 💀
@@thestikbotkid lmao accurate. And then they'll complain about not having any grandkids. Well, mom and dad, I can't afford childcare
Man, seeing the mum's outfits constantly change is wild. Especially when the dads sort of stays the same
It is strange how easy it is to feel the mom in the photos. Dad and son seem to have their own space almost. Mom has this beautiful quirky personality you can tell by what she is wearing oh those shoes. She needs a hug though you can see that too. She maybe gives to much of herself making sure everyone else is happy. Now that her son is grown I hope she takes some time for herself she looks like she deserves it. Dad too, kids are rough and I swear just getting them to the stage where they can dress themselves and hold down a job is a huge accomplishment.
You can see the Mom going thru it i just wanna hug her 💔🖤
Me casually waiting for someone to die and not be in the photos
Wow. That’s a lot of likes for a messed up comment.
Same💀, Ik it’s messed up but same
Same here.
Sounds messed up
Me to 😢
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Beautiful and scary how time flies. Hold on to the memories. They'll be all we have soon😊😊😊😊
2007 through 2010 could ‘be’ my late son. Memories are indeed all I have.
What?? What nonsense! As long as you are here you have work to be doing! I am so laughing at this comment yet feel sad for you. Get going granny! Get with the loving and doing good. It shows up in your heart, body, mind, soul and in the mirror! 👍
mom is DRESSIN and everyone's faces getting more dreary is honestly a mood
the mom be slaying all day with them outfits
Yeah,,,,noooooooooooo!
I did like some of her minimalist fashions.
😂😂😂
Bouta sayy 😂
True
The mom's wardrobe was the best thing about these pictures! I want all her clothes!
Seriously?
Why. Frumpy.
😳 Why
YES, she had some serious STYLE, I loved it
Hippy dippy mom shops at Goodwill.
As the years gone by, so does the smiles. A picture can talk and says many things. 😢
I was SO SCARED someone was going to be missing at the end. This is such a cool project!
The way u can see how they slowly distanced in the photos i was rlly hoping the vid to not end u ti they hugged again
the photographer asked them not to smile most of the time but they’re a happy family, they’ve done interviews and such and even have grandchildren :)
@@oliviapetithomme oooo thanks for the info
How beautiful is the gift of life and people you love so much ❤️
We are so busy growing up that sometimes we forget that our parents are growing old too!!! And this reality hits hard.😢
Edit:- i never got like above 100 ...thanks guys!!
Or busy to heal the pains parents inflicted on us. And forgot about them to hide our pains
Powerful comment!
@@vonn2221powerful comment.
@@Susweca5569 unless i heal, children is out of option
Someone with pain just going to unintentionally create the same pain to their children, especially if they have no best support system with them
This hits hard, My daughter is growing up so fast going to be 6, just seeing their faces and smiles change is kinda…. Heart throbbing a bit, also makes you realize keep the good memories and days close and don’t take things for granted
I love the moms fashion sense. She rocks every style! She was probably the one who coordinated the photo every year. Moms are literally superheroes!
@GeOrgieBoy Wrong! The DAD is the professional photographer of this family.
@@lisahinton9682 well dad’s are superheroes too!
"The man in the photo is Zed Nelson. He is a photographer and an artist. This work is entitled The Family. The series is incomplete, there are more photos, going forward the son gets married and in turn has a child, the last photo has five people, not three and they are not sad."
2007-2009 were the most weirdest for the boy
why is that?
That’s just how we used to dress back then lol
Bro became a profession super smash bros player
Man I hate seeing my parents age, but love seeing them as grandparents at the same time
They literally look like grandparents from the beginning.
Yeah they lose so much weight.
My son moved across the country about 10 years ago and I feel like whenever he visits, it hits him how old I’m getting. Which is funny, because I look at him like; damn, he’s almost 40 and when did that happen!
This is pretty cool, I was born in 91 and it would have been great to do this every year. I have two kids that are already 6 and 7 but it would be cool to start doing a picture like this every year
Still they make the commitment to stay together no matter what happens. May GOD give them happiness.
Looks like they were in their 50s when they had him😂
Whys nobody mentioning this😂 thats why they look sad as kids are not for the old
it’s so weird bc they were actually only 30 in the first pic
Searched for the original article. They were both 37😮
The mom. Such a doll.❤
bcuz it’s not real
@@bonnie.emilja Yeah okay, cool, cool.
I'm done with people.
@@bonnie.emilja bcz yr nt rl
What a nice photo-serie. On the one hand, they managed to stay together, on the other hand - it hurts how the happiness disappeared.
Guys I read somewhere that the photographer told them to stop smiling because it's more artistic and capturing the growing up/old feeling better.
Which was horrible to do...what an annoying photographer 🙄
That is was I thought too.
Just stupid really! It’s like the DMV telling you not to smile for your photo! 🤪 I’d rather see their personalities in the photos!
The photographer messed up. The photos aren’t half as interesting as before and now he’s got the whole Internet speculating on this family’s relationship. 🤦🏻♀️
It’s too bad they didn’t just also snap one fun shot every year while they were doing this, and then have two parallel sets of photos at the end.
Bro turned into ed Sheeran for 2007,2008, and 2009 😭 💀
I almost cryed when i saw the smile fade away😢
Never lose your smile you can make a persons day with it😊❤
the photographer was asking them not to smile, look it up :)
I hope they're all living happy and healthy. I wanna give them a hug 😞
This is heartbreaking. They loose their will to live. You can see when they reconnect and loose touch.
I don't see that at all. I see life. Togetherness. They are still present for the photos. In long term bonding, the physical turns into other things. Like trust.
I don’t know why, but at some point I thought they were going to show just. Him because they died.
Edit 1: don’t be that kind of person but thank you for 119 likes
SAME
SAMEEE😂
It's the music...it sets us up 😂
they’re still alive!! they now have pictures like this with their grandchildren in this project :)
@@oliviapetithommewhere can we look this up?
This made me cry. It was beautiful.
the fact that they kept getting sadder and sadder made me tear up help
Son is more closer to his father a physically, smile looks like, hand's back or Pockets. 🥺
1996 was the best one 😊
How the family is holding hands but that fades away 😢
1996 was the purest 😭❤
I enjoyed watching him grow up
He looks just like his father ❤️🩹
Amazing, the amount of emotional changes from yr to yr is telling & watching the boy grow into adulthood as parents age, as thou some transference is taking place, is the cycle of our life... may your family see long yrs of successes & full of prideful moments w/trying times being conquered...
Okay but his hair in 1998 HITS-
The parents don’t smile and looks like they don’t love eachother doesn’t it?
That's not how love shows. You can't judge their relationship with just photos.
the photographer was asking them not to smile!! look it up :)
@@oliviapetithommewhat’s their name??
This is so sweet❤
Mom looks like a fashion icon ❤
I was just waiting for one of them to disappear😢
Messed up
Oh thats fucked up bro
@@Stopchaningthingsdude55555 I didn't mean it in a bad way
@@soul-i8i I didn't mean it in a bad way
they’re both alive thankfully and even have grandchildren :)
OH SHIT- THAT LOOKS LIKE MY 3RD PERIOD TEACHER
Beautiful. You can tell which years are tough and which are good.
Gradually looking more like a family distanced and unhappy in their lives, but still forcing themselves tp take these pics os heart wrenching. Hopefully someday their smiles may return😢
watching him go from a baby to a grown man that quick is scary
especially seeing how much he looked like his father
This was def sad my boy is 6 and it really tells me to cherish every moment you can when they are little bc they grow and become their own person 😢
The perfect representation of "life happened". Childhood is truly a beautiful phase for kids and parents as well. ❤
Their smiles kind of faded through out the years ☹️😢 it went from smile to some affection, to no affection, to a blank senseless stare 💔
That boy went through so many phases in life😂
This made me cry at how old they became and the brevity of life.
I don't know what made me cry watching this. On a brighter note, mom is a lover of great shoes.
Not only do they look like a sad family.They're never touching each other either 😢
That young man was growing like crazy each year!!!!
It is wild how fast 25 years go by. For me it is so scary. They look sad. I wonder what they think when they look at these.
Dear young ppl (anyone under 40) PLEEZ when you grow old your memories are all that matters. Make them count! Family is so important. I wish I knew how to get past the gloom and doomed feeling from getting old. Its shitty to be feeling like that.
The real results of this study are the way people speculate and project sadness and negativity when in reality the family is doing great.
The mom looks so sad, I hope my parents are still kind of happy when I grow up.
the unhappiness in the mother's face..