The term “selfie” refers to a photograph taken of yourself using a mirror or holding a camera close to your body. The concept of not relying on someone else’s camera skills has made it the most popular trend of all time. Anytime you want, you can take a decent photograph of yourself without any assistance. Due to smart mobile cameras, social media platforms, and the internet, taking and sharing selfies have become widely popular. While the term ‘selfie’ has only become common in recent years, the process has been around for nearly 200 years. “Selfie” was even chosen as the “Word of the Year” in 2013 by the Oxford English Dictionary. In September 2002, the term was first used in a public forum. After a night of drinking, an Australian man took a photo of his torn lip and asked for advice about the stitches he had just received.
The history of Selfie
In 1839, Robert Cornelius created the first Selfie (known at the time as a self-portrait). He was an American pioneer in photography who produced one of the first photographs of a person in a daguerreotype. It took him a while to uncover the lens, run into the shot for a few minutes, and then replace the cap. On the back of the daguerreotype, he wrote, “The first light picture ever taken, 1839.”. Cornelius went on to open a photography shop in Philadelphia, one of the first in the country dedicated to photography. The medium and subject matter changed after the portrait was taken. One of the first teenagers to bring their pictures is Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who took a picture of herself in front of a mirror in 1914 and sent it to a friend. Photographic technology has advanced much over the past few decades, increasing its proliferation in everyday life. In the late 1880s, self-timers made it easy for people to create self-portraits since they gave the subject five to ten seconds to position themselves for the shot. In 1900, the Kodak Brownie Box camera made self-portraits increasingly popular. Since instant cameras, like the Polaroid, became more affordable in the 1970s, more people took self-portraits since the camera was very small, portable, and offered instant results. The mobile phone cameras completely changed the history of photography. The majority of the time, a selfie fails to capture the moment in its entirety. To achieve good photography, people make funny faces, exaggerate backgrounds, or include people who are not part of the moment. However, there are still funny selfies that make you laugh out loud. Below are some of the worst and funny Selfie fails. From a tiny spider who turned a beautiful selfie into a horrific nightmare to people getting caught out by mirrors they forgot were there.
