The word “selfie” has exploded into mainstream culture over the past decade as more and more people around the world shoot and share self-portraits using their smartphone’s front-facing camera.
And now the selfie has just unlocked a new achievement: it has its own museum. The Museum of Selfies has opened in Hollywood, California, and it’s […]. petapixel.com
“[Advertisement for Sarony's Photographic Studies]” by Napoleon Sarony (American (born Canada), Quebec 1821–1896 New York) via The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed under CC0 1. 0 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has added 375,000 images to the public domain, each showing a scan of copyright-free artwork in the museum's collection. dpreview.com »
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I started with a camera in my hands in 2004 and realized the magic of creating characters and personas with it. Here are some of my favorite self-portraits throughout the years. Some have terrible edits, some are just completely strange, but these are the moments in my life that I'll forever remember because of these photos.