09-30-2016, 05:19 PM
Reinier, what you're talking about is nothing new. I remember that 20 years ago when I was doing my first travels, I hated making the pictures which included myself - even though back then it involved handing my junk film camera(s) to someone else and then "enjoying" the blurry 9x12 cm printed picture some time later. My mother was not pleased for some reason - I remember her criticizing me for doing too many "postcard" shots and not enough "memory" shots with my ugly self sticking in the middle. Yeah, right - I know where I've been. Well, most of the time.
Of course, getting too vain - as in posing for a shot that might get you killed - is an extreme case, but I guess it's nothing new. It's just that the imagemaking devices have become way more widespread and easy to use, so the proliferation of "vanity" shots (with all the attendant perils and peculiarities) has become extreme.
Of course, getting too vain - as in posing for a shot that might get you killed - is an extreme case, but I guess it's nothing new. It's just that the imagemaking devices have become way more widespread and easy to use, so the proliferation of "vanity" shots (with all the attendant perils and peculiarities) has become extreme.