One thing that is certain is that sharing self-portraits on social media like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram has become an international phenomenon. Selfies are digital self-portraits usually taken with a camera phone that are taking social media by storm. Most selfies are taken by holding a forward-facing camera phone at arm’s length. They can also be taken standing in front of a mirror. I became attentive to this topic when I was admired for my Snapchat art (mostly drawings, doodles made on top of the selfie snapped) I make on Snapchat. Snapchat is a mobile application that enables the user to send pictures with captions or doodles to their friends on Snapchat. In addition to pictures, short videos can also be sent on Snapchat. I have …show more content…
For now I know self-portraiture has been and is the major visual genre of our confessional age. James Hall in his book namely The Self-Portrait says “the sheer volume of contemporary self-portraits defies enumeration.”(p7) which means the contemporary self-portraiture disobeys the classic style of portraiture because of which selfie can definitely be classified as an art form used for depicting the self. The word Selfie has just made its way into the dictionary but, possibly the earliest sculpted selfie a medal by the archetypal ‘Renaissance man’ Leon Battista Alberti, 1435, in which he depicts himself in profile. Earliest selfie was painted by Parmigianino back in 1523 when he created Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror shows, people have been doing them since quite some …show more content…
Little did he know he would become a fragment of this international phenomenon? The word 'selfie' was born back in 2002, with Nathan Hope, an Australian, went out for a friends 21st birthday and had a little accident. He then posted a 'self-photograph' showing the stitches in his lower lip. And then he continued writing, and posted the very first written use of the word 'selfie', in any medium (paper or electronic). "And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie." That's how the word 'selfie' got into the English language. Its use grew slowly at first, but then took off. In November 2013, it was declared that over the previous year, the usage of 'selfie' had increased by an astonishing 17,000 per cent. The selfie stick has been labeled by the Time magazine one of the best 25 inventions of year 2014. A selfie stick is a monopod used to take selfie by positioning a smartphone or digital camera further than the normal range of the
The GoPro had all the factors (cultural, economic, and technological) working in its favor to success. Paumgarten explains these factors in, “We are a Camera.” One example he gives for its cultural success is, “GoPro footage is related to the selfie, in its “Here I am” (or “was”) ethos, and its wide view and variety of mounts often allow the filmmaker to include himself, or some part of himself, in the shot.” The GoPro also expressed a new way of showing off one’s life outside of a selfie, as Paumgarten further explains, “But because it primarily points outward it’s a record of what an experience looks like, rather than what the person who had the experience looked like when he stopped afterward and arranged his features into his pretested photo face.” (333-334) The user has their own little attention grabber for social media or any other form of
Although Rachel Simmons in “ Selfies Are Good for Girls” and Erin Ryan in “ Selfies Aren’t Empowering. They’re a Cry for Help”, both agree selfies can show accomplishments. However, Simmons believes selfies are a way for young women to boost their pride whereas Ryan defines them as a way to gain social approval confirmation. Simmons believes selfies are empowering, and increase self-confidence levels of young women. According to Simmons “selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride - a shout-out to the self (P4)”. In other word, she believes self-portrait gives teenage girls an outlet to express pride within themselves. She explains how selfie not only express pride, it is also a way for young women to share their accomplishments, as shown in the
Selfie takers are psychopaths. In Kate Murphy’s article,” What Selfie Sticks Really Tell Us About Ourselves" she claims that selfie takers behavior contributes to negative characteristics that narcissists and psychopaths have. Murphy also explains the dangers of the online world and the how addicting selfies can be.
In the article “What Your Selfies Say About You” by Peggy Drexler, she talks about self-portraits also known as the “selfie”, and how it has taken over social media and added a manifestation to society’s obsession with looks. Taking a self-portrait can be positive in the sense that you are proud of your image and are not scared to share it with others helping boost up your self-esteem. Although this may help others by persuading them to not be ashamed to share their true image, Drexler believes this can also affect other individuals whose focus is only on looks making them feel self-conscious about their looks. A recent study out of the UK found that the selfie phenomenon may be damaging to real world relationships, concluding that both excessive
A selfie is a picture that you take of yourself especially by using the front camera of your smartphone ("Selfie"). The word was added to the dictionary in 2013 and originates from Australia. A selfie can be used to relive moments with someone but is mostly used for attention. There are people who post more than one selfie a day and that is outrageous. It is one of the most narcissistic acts created because there are people who spend hours a day taking selfies and don 't do anything productive instead. Majority of children know how to take selfies but not tie their shoes. It 's a trend that will never have an end. If anything the trend evolves more each day with gadgets to help take better selfies. There are tools to create a great selfie such as selfie sticks and selfie timers. There are apps to take selfies even if your phone comes with a camera application which is the most logical location on which to take a selfie. The worst selfie application I have seen to this day is the one where it appears that you were wearing make up or have a different hairstyle. The reason why are the worst because some people take it to an extreme level where they hide all of their imperfections and look like a completely different person. I have aunts who take too much advantage of those applications and end up looking as if they belonged in a cartoon. I have met many people from
How hard would it be for someone to draw a self-portrait of their self drawing a self-
A self portrait is normally a painting of the painter itself. The painting is a tangible piece of art because it is
05 December 2013. The “Self Portrait.” Google Image Search. Web. The Web.
The rise of photography began in the early 1830’s in France, and wasn’t very popular as most artists preferred a paintbrush and canvas to a new contraption that wasn’t popular and wasn’t manufactured locally or globally yet and that was fairly expensive to try to produce, and since this time it has been debated if photography deserves its place in the art world. Through the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s it grew in popularity and throughout time photography went from being badly received to a new form of art though people around the world still debate if it is indeed “art”. Photography has a long history from the first camera obscura in the 18th century to the latest Nikon or Canon camera in the 21st century.
The use of Social media is becoming more prominent in society; its use for almost anything, from online shopping to following tips for a wealthy life style to keeping up with the latest trends. As much as humans deny the impact and the utility of social media in their daily life, it alternates their visions on beauty. The use of standards in social media modify perceptions on both women and me. The media has helped mold the perception of the beauty people hold on to. They start to believe that the concept of beauty is the one they advertise rather than the one in the subconscious mind. Slowly but surely the media has alternated with the idea of the self image. Each seasonal trend or style that comes out into the market or is shown on social media, gives a new meaning and influence onto what is to be expect of the self image. As the fashion industry targets the richest country’s and wealthier society’s. It tends to be forgotten that the main followers of social media are all over the globe and hold different social classes and are a diversion of cultures. The media feeds to the western
Selfie-Loathing: Here’s Why Instagram Is Even More Depressing than Facebook. Slate Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/07/instagram_and_self_esteem_why_the_photo_sharing_network_is_even_more_depressing.html
Every day we meet a lot of people have seen their behavior, listen to what they say, think about them, try to understand them. We feel that we not only see what color eyes and hair of a person, tall or not, thin or full, but also sad to him or fun, smart or stupid it, solid or not and so on. Over the past decade, social media has seen growth to the point where it is reflects in our daily lives and even the lives of those who choose not to use it. Anywhere we go online, there are always buttons to click so that you can share something on Facebook or pin it to your Pinterest account.
Victoria, Woollaston. "Selfies Are 'damaging' and Leave Young People Vulnerable to Abuse, Claims Psychologist." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 23 Aug. 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
Have you ever noticed people acting differently over social media than they do during face to face interactions? A large amount of social media users have reported noticing someone they know displaying a different personality over social media than they present during face to face interactions. Part of this claim is that people create these different personalities when posting to social media because the environmental stress of being able to see the other people whom they are connecting with is no longer there, therefore they feel the freedom to present themselves differently than they do during interpersonal interactions. People often alter facts about themselves as well as their personality characteristics while on social media in order
What makes up an identity is simply what makes a person unique, their personality, actions, and beliefs. Although identity is something that is mainly palpable, it can be shown and represented in physical mediums to help communicate a message. Self-portraits allow an artist to paint themselves on how they view themselves in the society, which may help communicate their state of mind. How you may choose to disseminate your identity may influence how people view you, and ultimately will change how you perceive yourself. Since identity effects how people view you, it is best for people to just reveal their true selves, and not form to social norms. Because your identity is unchanging, unique, and special, because it is who you are - not what people want you to