Participants take part in an extreme run “Bison race” near the town of Logoisk, Belarus September 17, 2016. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

The Lexus UX concept is displayed on media day at the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

Celebrities attend The National Reality TV Awards 2016 at the Porchester Hall in London, United Kingdom on September 29, 2016. (Photo by FameFlynet UK)

Sellers sort persimmons for sale at a wholesale market in Hanoi, Vietnam October 3, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)

Contestants compete in the swimsuit segment of the Miss Venezuela 2016 pageant in Caracas, Venezuela October 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)

Ex On The Beach star Charlotte Dawson out on the town with friends on the party island Ibiza, Spain on October 3, 2016. (Photo by Jon Baxter/ICelebTV)

Models wait backstage during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine, October 12, 2016. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

French photographer and director Romain Laurent started making portrait-based GIFs as a way to produce work outside his commercial jobs, a spontaneous project that would encourage him to produce consistently for himself rather than clients.