Selfie Waves

A video on YouTube. In Explainers, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Michael Stevens explores the cultural and photographic history of the selfie, from ancient Egyptian self-portraits and the first daguerreotypes to MySpace, Instagram, and modern smartphone culture.

From the video

Answers: Who took the first selfie and how did selfies evolve?

selfie history
self-portraits
daguerreotypes
Hiromix syndrome
arm-extended selfie technique
mirror selfies
anachronyms in language

What it concludes

The oldest known self-portrait was sculpted over 3,000 years ago by Pharaoh Akhenaten's first chief royal sculptor, Bek.
Robert Cornelius created the first photographic self-portrait in Philadelphia in October 1839.
Hiromix popularized taking casual daily life photos of oneself, helping usher in the fourth wave selfie culture.
The word selfie originated with the spelling 'selfy' on an Australian science forum in September 2002.
Oxford Dictionaries declared 'selfie' the word of the year in 2013 after usage jumped 17,000%.

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