![]() ![]() ![]() Anyone in possession of a cheap camera phone or laptop can take a picture of themselves, edit it ( or not), and share it with the world in a matter or seconds.īut before the selfie came “the self,” or the fairly modern concept of the independent “individual.” The now-ubiquitous selfie expresses in miniature the seismic conceptual shift that came about centuries ago, spurred in part by advances in printing technology and new ways of thinking in philosophy. By now, it’s a fairly mundane artistic tradition, even after a profusion of thinkpieces have wrestled with its rise thanks to the so-called Me Generation’s “obsession” with social media. ![]()
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