On selfies: The one thing you can always take a photograph of every time you have your phone is your face, Dawn Wilson, who wrote about photo self-portraits as art in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, told NBC News. Because technology [today] is entirely personal, it lends itself particularly well to self portraiture. You couldnt imagine this five years ago, said Wilson, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Hull in the U.K. Digital cameras helped, but it wasnt until forward-facing cameras were added to smartphones in the last few years that selfies really took off. Why? Being able to take pictures of ourselves has changed the way people pose for the camera, making themselves more open to scrutiny with their photos, she says. Its the posing for the camera in new ways thats been changed by technology, not the kinds of images. That and our willingness to pull out a camera in situations we wouldnt have in the past: in the middle of dinner perhaps, or as we are getting dressed to go to work. As headset cameras like Google Glass gets more popular, Wilson believes, the way people pose in front of other people, or even in front of landmarks or buildings — will change things again. As watchers, our expectations of the selfie have morphed, too; its not off-putting when we see photos our friends take of themselves. People are becoming much more expectant of seeing the selfie, Turkle says, adding, Theres been a definite shift ... and now people no longer think its narcissistic to get that picture. Which is to say, weve grown to expect photos not just of the Golden Gate Bridge, but photos of our friends grinning in front of it. today/tech/its-all-about-me-why-we-love-selfies-6C10679994
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:21:02 +0000
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