Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait
This research addresses the ‘Selfie’ as a significant phenomenon of contemporary photography, its unique methods of production and distribution, as well as the possible motivations driving this particular genre of the (amateur) self-portrait. I will argue that the Selfie happens at the crossroads be...
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| author | Donnachie, Karen Ann |
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| description | This research addresses the ‘Selfie’ as a significant phenomenon of contemporary photography, its unique methods of production and distribution, as well as the possible motivations driving this particular genre of the (amateur) self-portrait. I will argue that the Selfie happens at the crossroads between performance, narcissism, social tick, an intrinsic desire for self-projection and a possibly irrational quest for authenticity in the contemporary photographic image, and that its ubiquity cannot help but change the idea of the photograph as we know it. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-97112018-05-01T06:13:06Z Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait Donnachie, Karen Ann This research addresses the ‘Selfie’ as a significant phenomenon of contemporary photography, its unique methods of production and distribution, as well as the possible motivations driving this particular genre of the (amateur) self-portrait. I will argue that the Selfie happens at the crossroads between performance, narcissism, social tick, an intrinsic desire for self-projection and a possibly irrational quest for authenticity in the contemporary photographic image, and that its ubiquity cannot help but change the idea of the photograph as we know it. 2015 Non traditional textual works http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9711 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Donnachie, Karen Ann Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title | Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title_full | Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title_fullStr | Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title_short | Selfies, #me: Glimpses of Authenticity in the Narcissus’ Pool of the Networked Amateur Self-Portrait |
| title_sort | selfies, #me: glimpses of authenticity in the narcissus’ pool of the networked amateur self-portrait |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9711 |