A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. They are usually flattering and made to appear casual. Most selfies are taken with a camera held at arm's length or pointed at a mirror, rather than by using a self-timer.
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World's First Selfie
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First known selfie, taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839.
Robert Cornelius, an American pioneer in photography, produced a daguerreotype of himself in 1839 which is also one of the first photographs of a person. Because the process was slow, Cornelius was able to run into the shot for a minute or more, and then replace the lens cap. He recorded on the back "The first light Picture ever taken. 1839."
The earliest usage of the word selfie has been traced to 2002 when it first appeared in an Australian internet forum (ABC Online) on 13 September in a comment written by Nathan Hope: "Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie." As with other new technologies, the protocols and etiquette for taking and disseminating selfies remains under development, with appropriate use a matter for consideration.
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Popularity
The popularity of selfies in social media has been astounding.."Instagram has over 53 million photos" tagged with the hashtag #selfie. The word "selfie" was mentioned in "Facebook status updates over 368,000 times" during a one week period in October 2013. During the same period on "Twitter, the hashtag #selfie was used in more than 150,000 tweets".
World record for Group Selfie
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| World's largest Group selfie |
The world's largest group selfie included 2000 people and was taken on 23 November 2014 in Brooklyn, New York at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries.
More electronic, we become more adept at interpreting social media. And,
as our social lives become more electronic, we become more adept at
interpreting social media. A texting conversation might fall short of
communicating how you are feeling, but a selfie might make everything
clear in an instant. Selfies are tools of communication more than marks
of vanity (but yes, they can be a little vain
Injuries while taking Selfies
In July 2014, a fourteen-year-old girl in the Philippines fell to her death after losing her balance while taking a selfie of herself and a friend near the staircase landing of their school in suburban Pasig City. In August 2014, a fifteen-year-old boy was critically wounded after accidentally shooting himself while taking a selfie in which his other hand was holding a gun to his chin. In November 2014 a Polish woman vacationing in Spain fell to her death while attempting a picturesque selfie from the Puente de Triana bridge in the city of Seville.
Some Extreme Selfies
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| dangerous hanging selfie |
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| Dangerous selfie |
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| Dangerous selfie |
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| Selfie in the air |
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| Selfie at the top of skyscrapper |
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| Dangerous selfie |
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| Dangerous hanging selfie |
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| selfie with selfie stick |
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