First 'Selfie' in World History...

Reaganite Republican ^ | 15 February 2014 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

He took in in Philadelphia in 1839...

[Reaganite Republican]

***ping***

[Gen.Blather]

https://www.google.com/#q=artist+self+portraits

[knarf]

fascinating

[CivilWarBrewing]

Reincarnated 150 years later to become the lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots?:

[VanDeKoik]

Looks like he applied an Instagram filter to it afterwards.

[exit82]

Wow—looking 175 years into the past.

[JohnBrowdie]

Little did he know that he was giving birth to an entire genre of soft core pornography.

[NormsRevenge]

Looks like a slim Elvis in wind

[mlizzy]

I thought for a photograph to be considered a “selfie,” the person depicted had to be “holding” the camera as well. No?

[DManA]

I want to see the first “bunny ears” in a picture.

[the_Watchman]

When I saw that the topic was the first “selfie” I immediately thought of M.C. Escher. Since Escher was born in 1898 I guess he didn’t predate this photo. But he did demonstrate that a “selfie” doesn’t require a camera!

I was going to attempt to paste his picture into this post, but I decided that the article in which it is embedded is a really good read. The picture to which I allude is a little bit down the page. It will be obvious.

http://levgrossman.com/2010/07/douglas-hofstadter-me-an-effing-great-book/

I read GEB when it was originally published. I had just completed my Masters degree in Computer Science and, unlike Lev, I could understand the technical jargon. One of the nerds I worked with read it twice. I think it helped inspire him to go back to school, get his PhD, and become a professor at the University of Illinois.

[billorites]

[MuttTheHoople]

The first photobomb:

[DManA]

I ask, you deliver. Thank you.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[Farmer Dean]

Looks like this photo pre-dates the invention of the comb.

[mikrofon]

[cripplecreek]

I didn’t realize Adam Ant was that old.

[Loud Mime]

Escher’s selfie is cool.