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Parents are expected to have an abundance of photos of their kids lying around but this dad has thousands.

Munish Bansal took of a photo of his daughter, Suman Bansal,every day for 18 years.

Starting with the ultrasound, Bansal said he wanted to see how much his daughter grew and changed.

Munish Bansal created this mosaic portrait as a gift for his daughter's 18th birthday. Photo: Munish Bansal

"I decided to do this when Rita was pregnant. I just wanted to make a memory to see how they changed day to day, because if you see a child on a month-to-month basis, you can see a big change and I wanted to see that change," reports the Huffington Post.

Born in 1996, Suman’s dad has taken a picture of her every day of her life, all up he has taken a total of 6,575 photos.

Munish would mainly take photos in the morning before school, but remembering to take a photo each day can be difficult.

"Initially it was a hard challenge, but it has become like a routine. Naturally, it is a big commitment," he told the Daily Mail.

There has been a couple of times Munish was almost unable to get his photo for the day.

He said: "There were couple of occasions I can remember it almost didn't happen. Once my wife thought I had taken the photos and while I was at work they went to stay at their aunt's home for a night. I had to go to her house to take the photos, but luckily they don't live far."



On the other side of lens, Suman said doesn't mind having her photo taken everyday.


"Being photographed every day just feels like any normal day as I have grown up with it my whole life, she told the Daily Mail.

For Suman's 18th birthday, her dad put the photos together to create a mosaic portrait of his daughter.

A fitting gift to celebrate the last 18 years of Suman's life.

Munish also photographed his son, Jay, everyday but at 15 he decided he didn't want to participate anymore.

When asked how much longer he will continue to photograph his daughter, Munish said the project will probably come to an end soon.

"I will continue for next few months, Suman wants to continue, but once she has gone to university, it might be difficult for her, but let's see."





