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
FAKE NEWS SELFIE (Nov 19, 2017)"11 years ago today, Me & Britney invented the selfie!" Paris Hilton tweeted in 2017, while posting two pictures of the duo from 2006. The bold claim amused and outraged social media users, who promptly roasted her and dubbed it as a shameless assault on truth. However, she may want to take credit for being the tipping point, inadvertently, for what has come
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FIRST SELFIE (Oct 1839) The picture (above) is considered to be the earliest photographic self-portrait ever taken. The picture was clicked in 1839 by Robert Cornelius, an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast from Philadelphia. Silver plates were used in daguerrotype (a pioneering photographic process invented in August 1839) to produce a likeness on the plat
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BEST-FACE SELFIE Chinese giant Meitu has almost literally transformed the face of China. The company sells a range of smartphones designed particularly to take flattering selfies. Meitu&rsquos apps -- BeautyPlus and BeautyCam -- have more than a billion downloads. More than half the selfies uploaded on Chinese social media have been edited using Meitu&rsquos apps. It has had an inevitabl
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FIRST SPACE SELFIE (Nov 1966)NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes a selfie while doing an EVA (extravehicular activity) during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966. Before taking the shot, Aldrin lifted his helmet visor, so that his face, smiling, could be seen. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the mission in 2016, the image debuted on 'First Selfie in Space' t-shirts, the proceeds going to Sh
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DEMON SELFIE (April 13, 2017)If you are Ravana and are taking a selfie, where do you even begin pointing? A young man dresses as the multi-headed Ravana during a religious rally to celebrate the Gajan Festival in Kolkata. It&rsquos a tradition for devotees to dress up as characters from Hindu epics and go around, awaiting fulfillment from the mythical God Shiva.
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&lsquoAPING HUMAN&rsquo SELFIE (2011)This viral selfie, displayed at the Museum of Selfies, in Glendale, California was taken by Naruto, a crested black macaque in the jungles of Sulawesi, Indonesia, using nature photographer David J. Slater's smartphone. It became the subject of a complicated copyright lawsuit. A US court recently ruled that Naruto couldn't own the copyright, being a mon
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I-MEAN-BUSINESS SELFIE (April 21, 2017)Mamu is a man of few words but then it is his business. He walks about confidently, poker faced, tapping his stick, and every vendor in the vicinity of the India Gate monument in New Delhi shakes hands with him. He allows tourists to pose with him and pay him whatever they like. He makes about Rs 500 in a couple of hours and disappears.
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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 retwee
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CELL-FIE (April 24, 2018) Delhi&rsquos Modern School students click selfies inside a police cell during their visit to Barakhamba Road Police station. The students were there to get first-hand knowledge of medico legal and investigative procedures to be followed in cases of sexual offense. More than five rape cases were reported on an average everyday in New Delhi last year.
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SELFIE SONG (May 14, 2017) Who is Dinchak Pooja? An internet and social media sensation. What does she do? Feature in song videos written, composed and sung by her. She is about 23 years old. Is she popular? One of her videos is a selfie song -- &lsquoSelfie Maine Leli Aaj&rsquo -- which went viral, and has garnered a whopping 33 million views on YouTube. It's a not
![<strong>FAKE NEWS SELFIE</strong> (Nov 19, 2017)<br />"11 years ago today, Me & Britney invented the selfie!" Paris Hilton tweeted in 2017, while posting two pictures of the duo from 2006. The bold claim amused and outraged social media users, who promptly roasted her and dubbed it as a shameless assault on truth. However, she may want to take credit for being the tipping point, inadvertently, for what has come to be known as &lsquofake news&rsquo.](https://images.forbesindia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/media/photogallery/2018/Apr/paris_britney_20180430020540_930x584.jpg?im=Resize,width=500,aspect=fit,type=normal "<strong>FAKE NEWS SELFIE</strong> (Nov 19, 2017)<br />"11 years ago today, Me & Britney invented the selfie!" Paris Hilton tweeted in 2017, while posting two pictures of the duo from 2006. The bold claim amused and outraged social media users, who promptly roasted her and dubbed it as a shameless assault on truth. However, she may want to take credit for being the tipping point, inadvertently, for what has come to be known as &lsquofake news&rsquo.")