spoofing the modern selfie craze
Toronto. My good friend George Dunbar came across this photo of two girls at an exhibition. They were hamming it up with a landline handset. The photo is remarkably similar to a modern ‘selfie’ taken with a Smartphone’s front facing camera.
The title “The early days of selfies” is a bit of a misnomer since a mirror was used for such self portraits since the early days of photography (1839). The above link is to a Wikipedia article on the topic of self portraits.
A big thanks goes to George for this clever photo which he shared with us. Being a bit small, it was upscaled with Topaz Photo AI 2 before adjusting the size in Affinity Photo.
By the way, our spring auction is May 5th. Drop by and bid – you may find a photo or a piece of equipment suitable for your collection or user gear.
