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Picture This: The Selfie Is Nothing New

By Trey Speegle on October 12, 2014 6:52 am

Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931

Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931

Not all of these shots are actually selfies. Some are. Others are photographers shot while working by their peers. They are all great pictures, in my book illustrate perfectly Ansel Adams’ famous quote;

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”

Felix Nadar & Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot photographer by the mime Debureau, 1854

Felix Nadar & Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot photographer by the mime Debureau, 1854

René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1959

René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1959

Helmut Newton, Self-portrait with model, Hotel Bijou, Paris, 1973

Helmut Newton, Self-portrait with model, Hotel Bijou, Paris, 1973

Hank Walker

Hank Walker

Germaine Krull, Self-portrait with Ikarette, 1925

Germaine Krull, Self-portrait with Ikarette, 1925

Edouard Boubat, Self-portrait with Lella, 1951

Edouard Boubat, Self-portrait with Lella, 1951

Ed van der Elsken, Self-portrait with Ata Kandó, Paris, 1953

Ed van der Elsken, Self-portrait with Ata Kandó, Paris, 1953

Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange pictured in Texas, 1934

Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange pictured in Texas, 1934

dennis stock by ANDREAS FEININGER  1951

Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama


cecil beaton by irving penn1

Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait

Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait

André Kertész, Self-portrait, Paris, 1927

André Kertész, Self-portrait, Paris, 1927

Oscar Graubner, Margaret Bourke-White working a top the Chrysler Building, 1934

Oscar Graubner, Margaret Bourke-White working a top the Chrysler Building, 1934

Annie Liebovitz, working a top the Chrysler Building, 2005

Annie Liebovitz, working a top the Chrysler Building, 2005

Willy Ruge, Arno Boettcher, 1927

Willy Ruge, Arno Boettcher, 1927

Willy Ronis, Self-portrait, 1955

Willy Ronis, Self-portrait, 1955

Vivian Maier, Self-portrait

Vivian Maier, Self-portrait

Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Self-portrait with Leica, 1952

Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Self-portrait with Leica, 1952

Sally Mann, Self-portrait, 1974

Sally Mann, Self-portrait, 1974

Robert Doisneau, La petite monique, 1934

Robert Doisneau, La petite monique, 1934

Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Segovia Front, Spain, 1937

Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Segovia Front, Spain, 1937

Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Richard Avedon, New York, 1966

Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Richard Avedon, New York, 1966

Peter Seker, Walker Evans, 1935-1936

Peter Seker, Walker Evans, 1935-1936

Lee Friedlander, Self-portrait, 1997

Lee Friedlander, Self-portrait, 1997

Martin Munkacsi

Martin Munkacsi

Weegee, Lisette Model, 1946

Weegee, Lisette Model, 1946

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