What is a selfie?
, A self-portrait photograph.
Typically taken with a smartphone held in the hand or selfie stick.
Selfies are mostly shared on SNS.
Often casual in nature (or made to appear casual).
May include multiple subjects. As long as the photo is taken by one of the subjects.
“2013 word of the year”.
The average Brit is now ‘taking more than 450 selfies a year’.
The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017
These would include the tops of mountains, tall buildings and lakes, where many of the deaths
occurred.
Drowning, transport accidents and falling were found to be the most common cause of death.
But death by animals, electrocution, fire and firearms also appear frequently in reports from around
the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
Buzz Aldrin took the first EVA selfie in 1966
Selfies have also been taken beyond Earth.
Selfies taken in space include those by astronauts (Buzz Aldrin).
And, an image by NASA's Curiosity rover of itself on Mars.
Monkey selfie” of a macaque who had picked up a camera
• In 2011, a crested black macaque pressed a trigger on a wildlife photographer's camera, set
up in an Indonesian jungle for that specific purpose.
• When the camera was later recovered it was found to contain hundreds of selfies, including
one of a grinning female macaque.
• This incident set off a debate about copyright.
• In 2016, a federal judge ruled that the monkey cannot own the copyright to the images.
• Works “produced by nature, animals, or plants” cannot be granted copyright protection, the
US Copyright Office, 2014.
, A self-portrait photograph.
Typically taken with a smartphone held in the hand or selfie stick.
Selfies are mostly shared on SNS.
Often casual in nature (or made to appear casual).
May include multiple subjects. As long as the photo is taken by one of the subjects.
“2013 word of the year”.
The average Brit is now ‘taking more than 450 selfies a year’.
The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017
These would include the tops of mountains, tall buildings and lakes, where many of the deaths
occurred.
Drowning, transport accidents and falling were found to be the most common cause of death.
But death by animals, electrocution, fire and firearms also appear frequently in reports from around
the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
Buzz Aldrin took the first EVA selfie in 1966
Selfies have also been taken beyond Earth.
Selfies taken in space include those by astronauts (Buzz Aldrin).
And, an image by NASA's Curiosity rover of itself on Mars.
Monkey selfie” of a macaque who had picked up a camera
• In 2011, a crested black macaque pressed a trigger on a wildlife photographer's camera, set
up in an Indonesian jungle for that specific purpose.
• When the camera was later recovered it was found to contain hundreds of selfies, including
one of a grinning female macaque.
• This incident set off a debate about copyright.
• In 2016, a federal judge ruled that the monkey cannot own the copyright to the images.
• Works “produced by nature, animals, or plants” cannot be granted copyright protection, the
US Copyright Office, 2014.
