The Oldest Selfie Picture captured in 1900 with Kodak Box Brownie camera

Photographic Self-portraits have existed in a less persistent form roughly since the debut of the portable Kodak Brownie box camera in 1900.The method was usually by mirror and stabilizing the camera either on a nearby object or on a tripod while framing via a viewfinder at the top of the box.
From the grim-faced Edwardian woman in her patterned dress to the unsmiling visage of photographer Robert Cornelius, the world's oldest selfies are a surprisingly joyless bunch.

From the grim-faced Edwardian woman in her patterned dress to the unsmiling visage of photographer Robert Cornelius, the world's oldest selfies are a surprisingly joyless bunch.

Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna at the age of 13 was one of the first teenagers to take her own picture using a mirror to send to a friend in 1914. she said "I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling.

Modern selfies are just for fun. here is one of the most controversial selfie picture of the 2013.

"Selfie" officially became the Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year 2013.


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