10 Absurdly Fantastic Looping Portraits by Romain Laurent

One Loop Portrait a Week #35 by Romain Laurent
Lee Towndrow is a teriffic - albeit a bit monotone - table drummer

Now THIS is what animated GIFs are made for!

New York City-based photographer Romain Laurent started to create looping portraits as a personal challenge late last year. "As far as the intention of the series, it's a way for me to explore a hybrid medium, experiment and being spontaneous while sticking to a short weekly deadline," Laurent told Colossal, "There isn't a common concept between each loop, I just 'go with the flow' and see what comes to my mind each week."

One Loop Portrait a Week #32 by Romain Laurent
Darwin Deez hovers majestically

One Loop Portrait a Week #16
Nicole Bogatitus didn't have enough coffee this morning

One Loop Portrait a Week #39 by Romain Laurent
Vincent Cyr, whose inner self is feeling real smooth right now

One Loop Portrait a Week #37 by Romain Laurent
Vincent Cyr finds the energy of NYC hopping

One Loop Portrait #11
Amy Li's goldfish is gone

One Loop Portrait a Week #29 by Romain Laurent
Yannick Roux's mind is high in potassium

One Loop Portrait a Week #26 by Romain Laurent
When Menno Kluin has too many good ideas, his ears get a life of their own

One Loop Portrait a Week #19 by Romain Laurent
Roy Stanfield approves of this kickflip

One Loop Portrait a Week #3 by Romain Laurent
Trevor Dickson is 75% water

View more of Laurent's absurd yet endearing looping animated portraits over at his Tumblr.