1. Self- Portrait

2. Vincent Van Gogh
Self-portrait
as an Artist, 1888

3. Leonardo da Vinci
Self-Portrait, 1512
Red chalk

4. Rembrandt
Self portrait, 1669

5. CHUCK CLOSE Self Portrait, 2000
120 Color Screenprint
65 x 54½ inches

6. M.C. Escher
Hand with Sphere, 1935

7. Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait, 1964

8. Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride by: Jan van Eyck
1434

9. The inscription reads “Johannes de Eyck fuit hic 1434”, (literally, “Jan van Eyck was here”)

10. Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21, 1977.

11. Richard Avedon, Self Portrait, 1963.

12. Stanley Kubrick, Self portrait, 1949.

13. So what is a selfie opposed to a self-portrait?
Is a selfie a striped down version of self-portrait?
What is the purpose of a selfie?

14. From a photographers point of view a selfie is a badly composed photograph taken without any effort and without psychological insight or aesthetic. Selfie is more a social phenomen that people use to communicate to each other via social networks. Intention of selfie is not to become a structured piece of art but rather to simply share a moment.

15. David Hockney
Mother I, 1985.
Photographic montage 18 1/2 x 13 in

16. Todd Martin,
Self-portrait
with road vision,
2014.