Girl to Man: time lapse shows teenager’s three-year transgender transformation
Oct 12, 2015
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21-year-old Jamie Raines of Essex, England never felt quite comfortable being in a girl’s body, so just before his 18th birthday he started taking testosterone as part of a gender transition.
Over the course of more than three years, Jamie documented the transformation his body underwent by taking a photo a day. The 1,400 photos were recently compiled into a time lapse video showing the dramatic change from female to male appearance.
Explaining to DIYP why he created the video, Jamie said: “I decided to make it because I wanted something to document my transition, concentrating on facial changes, and also I was really into photography at the time, so the two came together”.
Initially Jamie intended to create a time lapse of the first year on testosterone, but decide to keep going as he didn’t get any facial hair by that stage. “I’m really glad I did”, he added.
“I didn’t like looking in the mirror before I started on testosterone [also referred to a “T”]. Now I’m happy with what I see,” Jamie told Bored Panda.
I imagine most people in Jamie’s situation choose to keep their feelings and transition a private matter, but Jaime decided to share his process in hope of raising awareness and helping others in a similar situation.
“I’ve had an overwhelming amount of positive responses!” he says about the feedback he received after posting the video. “I know there are some negative ones out there, but wherever I’ve been contacted personally (such as one Facebook or Tumblr), they’ve all been very positive and supportive”.
Jamie added that the amount of attention the video has gotten has been a huge surprise for him, his family and his friends, “But as long as I am happy with sharing this part of my life, they are supportive of that”.
With the time lapse video receiving over 6 million views in just three days, Jamie is definitely succeeding in raising awareness and reaching people.
Although this video is very nicely edited, and while it is by no means the most impressive or innovative one out there, it’s great to see a time lapse created for more than the artistic purpose of for the sake of showing off a technique. I think this is a perfect example of how time lapse can be used to educate and demonstrate a process that would be rather hard to imagine, or believe, otherwise.
Those interested in learning more about Jamie’s transition should look out for a documentary called ‘Girls to Men’ which “follows three young Brits going through extraordinary transformations to fulfill their dream of becoming men” and is due to air on October 13th on UK’s Channel 4, and in the US at a later date.
If you’d like to catch up on Jamie’s previous posts or keep updated with his progress, you can follow him on YouTube or Tumblr.
[via Bored Panda]
Liron Samuels
Liron Samuels is a wildlife and commercial photographer based in Israel. When he isn’t waking up at 4am to take photos of nature, he stays awake until 4am taking photos of the night skies or time lapses. You can see more of his work on his website or follow him on Facebook.
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39 responses to “Girl to Man: time lapse shows teenager’s three-year transgender transformation”
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to cure head and not hurt the body
Cure the head from what? Being born in the wrong body lol
Being born in the wrong body? Are you joking? Bad education, bad parents, bad society etc.
Have you ever seen a healthy dog pissing like a bitch? Healthy dog! I have seen young dogs who, having never come into contact with the male, peeing like his mother.
Such a strange example.
Sorry for my english.
Actually, 1 in 2000 babies are born hermaphrodites. Parents choose the sex and these newborns immediately go under the knife to remedy their mixed genitalia. What if the parent picks the wrong one? Then that child was technically forced at birth to be a sex they do not identify as later in life. There is a case currently with a foster care child who was born with male and female genitalia. At like 5 (I may have age wrong) the state chose to “correct” the child’s genitalia. They went female even though the child identified as male. The adopted parents are now sewing the state saying they had no right to make that decision.
There is no indication from the article that this woman was born hermaphroditic. She just didn’t feel “comfortable” . You are mixing apples and oranges and it won’t fly. She is a woman, XX chromosomes no matter what, and is mentally ill and needs mental help. This type of stuff has no place on a photography website. People take selfies all the time and that is just a excuse DIYP used to get their owners’ agenda pushed.
“This type of stuff” – He took cool photos of a rare process, that’s why it’s on here.
You go ahead and believe that if you want to, but I don’t and I have the right to disagree without being accused having something wrong with me and having a butt hurt. There is nothing cool about this person’s mental condition.
What’s the point of the black stripe on the Pre-T picture..? Looks like “she” had nothing..
It’s a ridiculous double standard anyways.
it really shows how sexist the world is that his nipples can be shown after he’s transitioned but oh no if its before that’s wrong #freethenipple
Her female nipples had to be censored until they became acceptable male nipples.
Why would you want to become a boy. Girls are much better
First, good luck to Jamie and I hope nothing but good will and happiness to him and unconditionally support him and his choice. I truly wish him the best.
Second, that’s it DIY Photography, I’m out.
This site has morphed into nothing more than a facebook group. It’s such a shame that the site that inspired me with DIY ringlights and softboxes, lighting techniques, hacks and reviews has become what it is today. A collection of re-posted “stories”.
Your website has become a politicized bunch of junk. This is nothing more than another article to push the LGBT agenda. The person in the article has a serious mental disorder and you chose to run the story anyway. You people are obsessed with this crap and you have ruined your website.
Wtf is wrong with you…
Your ignorant reply glaringly shows you to the world as a complete dunce.
Ignorant? Me? Did you actually read what you posted?
Who is the person hurting by going through a change that made him feel more like himself? Why call that an “agenda”?
It doesn’t concern you at all. You’re getting butthurt over someone else’s business. Keep your nose if you don’t have the capacity to understand this.
I can make comments on it all I want buster, and you can pound sand if you don’t like it. Just because I disagree doesn’t make me a “WTF is wrong with you” person. It concerns me if I want it to and that’s none of your business.
And I can’t comment on your comments then? That your point? You seem to have the mental disorder. Delusions, paranoia, aggression…
I don’t have a problem with someone commenting on my comments, it’s the “You go away if you don’t like it” and “What the F*ck is wrong with you” stuff that is your problem. We can disagree without all of the shallow put downs. You did it again in your last reply with the last sentence. You want your opinion honored and the rest of us to go away. I’m not going away until I want to. And I don’t have mental issues, but the person in this article does.
And naturally you are the best judge of that? With what credentials? Your mates at the pub who think everyone different is a freak and have mental issues?
I never said they were freaks, They are to be pitied and helped. I don’t drink and I am using scientific medical and psychiatric data to make a valid point. You don’t have to have credentials to use information compiled by thousands of professionals over decades of study. That is the basis upon which I make the statement. You are pulling stuff out of thin air about Pubs and such that makes no sense.
Care to share that data? How long have you been researching this issue?
Can you two sit at a different table to have this argument? The rest of us read this blog for photography info. Okthanksbye
The problem is you’re not just disagreeing, you’re being a negative wanker and bully. And unless you’re a certified mental health professional, you have no business labelling anyone with a mental disorder.
Again more name calling. When I say that this person has a mental disorder, I am backing that up with decades of medical and psychiatric data that can be readily found on the internet. You don’t have to be a mental health professional to use the evidence compiled on this. If that were the case no one could comment on anything unless they were a professional whatever, who deals directly with it. And the bully here is Mr. Ezzy who started off with a WTF is wrong with you comment. And then he name calls and brings up his false opinion of me having a mental disorder. The problem is you cannot disagree with people like you and Ezzy without pissing you off and causing you to react with this sort of adolescent behavior.
You’re attempting to make a claim that the subject has a disorder, and as such, the onus is on you to prove it, not on us to do the research on your behalf. Ultimately, you’re not qualified to make any sort of nuanced diagnosis, whether you like it or not. This implies to me that your opinions are nothing but prejudice. For why else would you care so passionately about how a stranger elsewhere decides to live their life?
whata Freak !!
That really added to the conversation….said nobody. Don’t be so transphobic. You were lucky enough to be born of the sex you identify with, but other people are not so they decide to fix themselves. That’s not a freak. That’s somebody who knows what they want and goes out and gets it without fear of judgement or ridicule from ignorant close-minded individuals.
Even the advertisements on this article aren’t about photography.
Here’s a revolutionary thought – if you don’t think you’ll like the content of the article based on the title… don’t click through. Those of us who are interested in the subject material can read the article and comment without having to wade through endless “I’m done with DIY Photography”-type comments.
I noticed none of you commented negatively on the timelapse of the Boeing Dreamliner post, which tells me all I need to know about your real objections.
Timelapse of someone taking phone selfies in front of a mirror … pro-level timelapse of a Boeing being constructed.
No comparison.
I once did a timelapse of my own hair growing, with a cell phone. No one on this blog wants to read an article about that, and its not due to old-grey-hair-dude-phobia.
I’d think that was pretty interesting. Having never seen anyone do that before.
Agreed. Was pretty interesting. On a photography web site? Meh.
I meant the hair growing photos. I like to see all kinds of techniques and all themes of photography. Not just the ones that most like or something that maximizes income.
I’ll click through it if I damn well please and I’ll disagree if I damn well please. You can be the one to go away if you don’t like it. My real objections are my business. I happen to think this is promoting something that is wrong and I WILL comment. Got it?
oh wow. Interesting. To please the masses, link to tips about timelapse photography ;)
But if you do it, the down side (I mean the genital organ) .. will also change? Like the rest of the body? (Sorry for my english