User:Andreous7/sandbox

What is a a selfie. Selfie's, genuine selfie, are hand held shots of oneself. Taking a snap of yourself through a mirror is not a selfie. Setting the camera to take the shot while you sit, is not a selfie, narcissistic, look at me, snaps aren't selfie's either.

A selfie is a mindful documentary photo of one's self, of a time and place.

The first genuine selfie (had no name at the time) was in the early 1990's. The shot was taken by a Pentax K1000 single reflex camera, f2, 15th of a second, 400asa black & white 35mm film. 400asa. A Selfie is a conscious hand-held self-portrait documenting one's time and place at any given time.

The first image is as formally described. The second first double selfie 1991. Third 1992. Forth image 1993. Fifth image was taken in Griffith NSW, in an orange orchid on the 11th of September 2001 commonly known as 9/11.

These are how the creator, of this type of image, intended them to look, place and time. It has become corrupted by the ease of digital photography, morphing from the original time-and-place self-portrait, to the ever narrowing view of unimaginative narcissist, with no style, class or presence of any artistic temperament.

I debate this is not a genuine selfie: Selfie's, genuine selfie, are hand held shots of oneself. Taking a snap of yourself through a mirror is not a selfie. Setting the camera to take the shot while you sit, is not a selfie, narcissistic, look at me, snaps aren't selfie's either. Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)