The selfie gene: Putting on our best face
There is an ongoing debate whether selfies represent a low point of modern-day culture or not. Jerry Saltz, the Pulitzer-winning art critic disagrees. He says, ‘selfies are our little diaries that say ‘I’m here, look at me’’. Whether one agrees or not seems irrelevant in the face of a statistic that’s worth obsessing about: Over one million selfies are posted on social media everyday. These images are proof that ease-of-use has quickened the narcissistic impulse in us. The recent - and ironic - response to this phenomenon is a pop-up museum in Los Angeles
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
MOST TWEETED SELFIE (March 2, 2014)
'Best photo ever.', Oscars 2014 host Ellen Degeneres tweeted the famous selfie. The jury is still out on that but it was definitely a record-breaking one. DeGeneres headed into the front row audience and whipped out her phone. The tweet soon got 80,000 retweets in three minutes and over one million in less than an hour, quickly becoming the most retweeted image ever (beating Obama's election win photo). The celebrity-packed selfie had one outsider though. Actress Lupita N'yongo's opportunistic brother, Peter, a non-actor.
