Selfies Lead to Arrest of Men Who Allegedly Robbed Pro Athletes’ Homes
Selfies led to the arrest of criminals allegedly responsible for a string of high-profile burglaries targeting celebrity athletes’ homes last year. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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Tourists Banned From Taking Selfies on Iconic ‘Surfer’s Rock’ Over Fears It May Collapse
Tourists have been banned from taking selfies at a popular cliffside photo spot over fears that the rock will break due to the sheer number of people who have posed on it. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-1-23 18:17
Please Stop Dying Taking Selfies
In the last year, I have written dozens of stories for PetaPixel about various incidents where people have died (or almost died) while taking a selfie, photo, or video. petapixel.com »
2024-12-20 17:07
How a Series of Selfies Led to a Killer’s Conviction
A series of selfies taken by a murderer helped a prosecution build a damning case against him and put the killer behind bars. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-11-22 20:19
Influencers Drowned ‘After Refusing to Ruin Selfies With Life Jackets’
Two influencers drowned after reportedly refusing to wear life jackets on a boat -- fearing it would ruin their selfies.
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petapixel.com »2024-10-30 20:09
Floridians Pose for Selfies Despite the Danger of Hurricane Milton
As Hurricane Milton bares down, most Florida residents are busy fortifying their homes, planning their escape, or just praying that the storm passes without harm. But some are using it as a selfie opportunity. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-10-10 17:56
Teen Influencer Falls to Death While Taking Selfies at Top of Waterfall
A teen influencer died while taking a selfie at the top of a waterfall to share with her 150,000 followers on social media.
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petapixel.com »2024-7-30 16:57
Is This One of America’s First Selfies?
A historian has revealed how he uncovered a "selfie" photograph that was taken in the U.S. in the 1850s.
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petapixel.com »2024-5-22 19:13
Tinder Will Require Video Selfies Amid Rise of AI Images on Dating Apps
Tinder users will soon have to take a video selfie to get verified on the dating app -- amid the rise of AI images.
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petapixel.com »2024-2-23 15:57
Wildlife Selfies Harm Animals
One of the biggest privileges of being a primatologist is spending time in remote locations with monkeys and apes, living near these animals in their habitats and experiencing their daily lives. petapixel.com »
2024-2-18 20:00
Holocaust Museum Changes Exhibit to Stop Tourists Taking Selfies With Nazi Uniforms
A Holocaust museum has rearranged its exhibit to provide people with fewer opportunities to take Nazi-themed selfies.
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petapixel.com »2024-1-31 17:49
Berlin: The City That Hates Selfies
Selfies have become a ubiquitous part of daily life in most major cities. But there is one European city where it may not be so commonplace: Berlin. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-19 15:44
Las Vegas Criminalizes Stopping For Selfies on Pedestrian Bridges
A new law has banned tourists from stopping to take selfies on pedestrian bridges along the Las Vegas Strip -- or face being jailed. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-19 20:30
You Can Take Selfies in the BMW iX M60, So That’s What I Did
BMW didn’t introduce its in-car camera as a new feature at CES 2024, but it was the first time many got to try it and see what it’s like. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-11 23:03
Tourist Falls to Death Off Cliff While Taking Selfies in New York State Park
A tourist has died after falling off a cliff at a New York state park while taking selfies with her husband last week.
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petapixel.com »2024-1-3 16:27
UK Gyms are Cracking Down on Cameras and Selfies
Gyms in the U.K. are starting to ban members from taking photos and recording workout videos in facilities -- amid growing privacy concerns. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-8 23:11
Scientists Say Selfies Fall into Five Different Categories
Scientists studied 1,001 selfies to learn how people use them to communicate and concluded that these photos can be classified into five distinct categories: "aesthetics," "imagination," "trait," "state," and "theory of mind." [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-2 22:13
Google is Developing an AI That Lets You ‘Generate Endless Selfies’
Google says it is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) software that is trained off real photos of a user and can then generate an infinite number of selfies so that a user doesn't even have to activate their camera to post to Instagram. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-6-23 17:54
Scientists Explain Why People Love to Take Selfies
Scientists have figured out why people like to take selfies -- and it's not necessarily to do with vanity.
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petapixel.com »2023-4-29 20:26
Jupiter Probe Sends Back Earth Selfies as it Embarks on 12-Year Mission
A space probe that will explore Jupiter and its moons beamed back farewell selfies with planet Earth in situ hours after it was successfully launched on Friday. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-4-18 20:31
Orion Spacecraft Takes Celestial Selfies as it Sails Past the Moon
The Orion spacecraft sent back a series of selfies and photos of Earth just before it sailed past the Moon today.
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petapixel.com »2022-11-22 21:51
Student Becomes a Millionaire After Turning Selfies Into NFTs as a Joke
A 22-year-old Indonesian college student has become a millionaire overnight after turning his collection of daily selfies into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a joke. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-1-20 20:37
Selfies and Smartphones are Making These Photographers Obsolete
The growth of the digital “selfie” culture has had a devastating effect on local photographers in India, who frequent popular tourist sites and have historically earned a living from offering their services to tourists. petapixel.com »
2021-11-13 22:57
UK May Require Geotagged Selfies to Enforce COVID Isolation
The UK government is reportedly looking into enforcing COVID-19 quarantine by requiring people to shoot and send geotagged selfies at random times of the day. The Sunday Times reports that UK officials are studying different tactics used by countries around the world to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and these include “quarantine hotels” (requiring […] petapixel.com »
2021-1-21 20:35
Monkey Steals Guy’s Phone, ‘Takes’ A Bunch Of Selfies, Also Manages To Get One ‘Artistic’ Shot
Losing a phone sucks. But sometimes it can be a bit funny. Like when you lose it and then find it full of monkey 'selfies'. Well, that happened to this Malaysian man from Batu Pahat, Johor. boredpanda.com »
2020-9-17 17:31
I Continue Creating Sunset Selfies With Cardboard Cutouts, Here Are My 50 New Pics
I like to get away from the computer each day and make something with my hands. So I get a big piece of cardboard, draw something, cut it out, then go pose with it at sunset. boredpanda.com »
2020-8-25 22:16
How to Shoot Epic Landscape ‘Selfies’
One of the most impactful types of outdoor portraiture is what you might call the ‘epic’ selfie: a self-portrait where the landscape photographer becomes a tiny fraction of his or her own composition, giving a sense of scale and awe to an already epic vista. petapixel.com »
2020-4-1 21:23
We Created An Artistic Satire About Selfies
“Unselfie” is an artistic satire about how technological development gives us an opportunity to explore the sense of self through different platforms. The entire body of work consists of two parts, still images and a video. boredpanda.com »
2020-2-28 13:06
Astronaut Shoots Spacewalk Selfies with a Nikon D5
This past weekend, NASA astronaut and physiologist Jessica Meir one-upped everybody else’s #SelfieSunday posts when she uploaded two spacewalk selfies taken outside the International Space Station (ISS) with a special Nikon D5. petapixel.com »
2020-1-30 21:55
Guy Takes Selfies Every Day For 20 Years, Shows How Subtle Changes Create A Big Difference At The End
Photographer Noah Kalina takes a photo of himself looking into the camera with a neutral expression every day, and it’s this simple project that has become his most celebrated work. boredpanda.com »
2020-1-16 13:09
Apple paid $400 in an attempt to trademark the word 'Slofies'
Last week Apple showed off the slow-mo video capabilities of the front-facing camera on its new iPhone 11 models through the use of ‘Slofies,’ a portmanteau for the words slow-mo and selfies. dpreview.com »
2019-9-19 22:45
People Who Post Selfies are Seen as Insecure & Less Likeable, Study Shows
File this under “well… obviously” news. A new study conducted by Washington State University psychologists and published in the Journal of Research in Personality shows that people who post a lot of selfies are perceived as less likeable, less successful, more insecure and less open to new experiences. Yikes. The study was based exclusively on […] petapixel.com »
2019-8-22 17:39
Google Pixel 3 Can Now Use AI to Snap Optimal Selfies
Sick of snapping selfies in which you or someone else has closed eyes or an unflattering facial expression? Google wants to use the power of AI to help you avoid that. In an announcement on the Google AI Blog, Google has announced a new shutter-free mode in the Pixel 3 Camera app called Photobooth. Once […] petapixel.com »
2019-4-18 19:28
Video: How photography impacts mood, experiences and more
WIRED has published a video exploring the topic of photography's impact on humans, particularly selfies and the impact photographing moments can have on one's experience and memories. The video touches on topics ranging from anxiety over one's appearance caused by distortion in selfies to ways photographing scenes both improves and impairs memories of the moment. dpreview.com »
2019-1-5 01:56
I Can’t Stand Boring Selfies On Instagram (New Pics)
My name is Lillwihlen and I like to mess with my photos on Instagram. I have previously posted my selfies here on Bored Panda, and here are the new ones. Have a look at my account and follow me if you find it inspiring! boredpanda.com »
2018-12-20 16:31
I Can’t Stand Boring Selfies On Instagram…(Part 2)
My name is Lillwihlen and I like to mess with my photos on Instagram. I have previously posted my selfies here on Bored Panda, and here are the new ones. Have a look at my account and follow me if you find it inspiring! boredpanda.com »
2018-12-21 16:31
Watch a Dali Artwork Get Damaged by Girls Snapping Selfies
Careless selfies have claimed more casualties. A pair of artworks by renowned painters Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya were damaged over in Russia after a group of girls posing for selfies accidentally knocked over the structure on which they were being displayed. petapixel.com »
2018-11-7 21:42
Selfies Have Led to 259+ Deaths Since 2011 — Here’s How
It has been widely reported that selfies cause more deaths these days than shark attacks. Now a new study has provided new facts and figures on how at least 259 people have lost their lives while trying to capture smartphone self-portraits since 2011. petapixel.com »
2018-10-5 18:10
‘Beautygate’: iPhone XS is Smoothing Skin in Selfies, Owners Complain
Apple’s new iPhone XS and XS Max are at the center of a new controversy some have dubbed ‘Beautygate. ’ The front-facing camera is said to be automatically smoothing skin in selfies, and there’s no way to turn this “beauty filter” off. petapixel.com »
2018-10-1 18:20
I Can’t Stand Boring Selfies On Instagram…
My name is Lillwihlen and I like to mess with my photos on Instagram. Have a look at my account and follow me if you find it inspiring! boredpanda.com »
2018-5-9 16:01
Why Your Nose Looks Bigger in Selfies (In Case You Were Wondering)
Next time you or your selfie-obsessed friend complains of her big nose in those selfies, you finally have something to say that explains this phenomenon. It's not you (or your friend); it's the darn smartphone selfies. thephoblographer.com »
2018-4-10 19:00
Why Selfies Make Your Nose Look 30% Bigger
The rise of smartphone selfies is causing big changes in how people see themselves. Here’s a 2-minute video by Vox that explains why selfies usually make our noses look bigger. The reason is perspective distortion — a new study has found that a selfie shot at a distance of 1 foot away from your face […] petapixel.com »
2018-3-27 17:32
Obsessively Taking Selfies is Now a Real Mental Disorder Called ‘Selfitis’
In 2014, a viral story being circulated online reported that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) had coined “selfitis” as a new mental disorder for people who obsessively shoot and share selfies online. petapixel.com »
2017-12-28 22:46
Apple patent shows camera system that helps you take better selfies
A newly granted Apple patent details a new type of camera system that aims to produce higher-quality selfies. The patent, first filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2015, describes using a wider field-of-view with the iPhone's front-facing camera when taking selfies in landscape mode. dpreview.com »
2017-7-19 17:04
I’m Taking Selfies To Highlight Different Sides Of My Personality
I used my camera timer to take self-portraits of myself in different settings, in order to discover hidden parts of my personality. Each picture is related to a different moment of my life (hence the change in hairstyle) and illustrate past aspects of myself. boredpanda.com »
2017-7-1 16:08
These “Photographer Assisted Selfies” Were Done on 45 Ilford HP5 Film
When Ross den Otter has been shooting photos since he was 13; and his mother managed a camera shop when he was young. "Since 1985 I’ve worked as a black and white and digital photographic lab technician; starting as a teenager in the darkroom of my home town newspaper. thephoblographer.com »
2017-5-30 19:00
10+ Vintage Celebrity Selfies Before Smartphones
At first it was strange, but now the term "selfie" has become normal in our daily lives. Selfie is nothing more than a photo that a person takes of himself, whether it's at home, eating, at a soccer stadium, on the beach, or wherever he/she is. boredpanda.com »
2017-4-18 21:39
Study Finds People Like Taking Selfies, but Not Looking at Them
A small study out of Europe is confirming what many of us probably knew intuitively already: while plenty of people love taking their own selfies, most people have no interest in looking at anybody else’s. petapixel.com »
2017-2-11 00:17
Study Finds People Like Taking Selfies but Not Looking at Them
A small study out of Europe is confirming what many of us probably knew intuitively already: while plenty of people love taking their own selfies, most people have no interest in looking at anybody else’s. petapixel.com »
2017-2-11 00:17
Study: people don't actually like looking at selfies
A couple of weeks ago a Sony-sponsored study found that consumers are ready to embrace selfies as a tool. Now a research paper, published by Sarah Diefenbach and Lara Christoforakos of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich published in Frontiers in Psychology in January suggests that a majority of smartphone users enjoys taking selfies, but very few people like looking at selfies of others. dpreview.com »
2017-2-16 23:02