And That’s Me With the Mona Lisa!
Surprised museum researchers find many visitors snap photographs of themselves with the masterpieces.
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Selfies
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Selfies Reveal the Pervasiveness of Gender Stereotypes
When it comes to images that portray young women in clichéd poses, advertisements have nothing on selfies.
Sorry, but Your Selfies Are Not Art
Selfies are no more art than a can of paint falling on a blank piece of paper is a Jackson Pollock.
In Praise of Selfies
Just as the affordability of mirrors drove the rise of self-portraits in Renaissance Art, reversible cameras have made every smartphone owner into a Cindy Sherman or Nan Goldin. On how we're no longer self-conscious, but self-constructive.