These are not selfies!

They are self-portraits, with the exception that some are just photographs of photographers with cameras – or wait, actually some are just photographs of people in general with cameras.

There are also instances where the camera is just a prop.

Can a photographer direct another person how to do a shot of the photographer and have the photographer still call it a self-portrait? Or must it be from the purist’s point of view in that a self-portrait is a matter of using a cable release, a self-timer, or a mirror or some sort of reflecting surface. (I’ve done them all!)

Some artists are known for their self-portraits – like Cindy Sherman.

Untitled #96, Cindy Sherman, 1981 … the self portrait that fetched $3.89 million

$3.89 million

I have done tons of self-portraits – whole portfolios of them ………… none of mine sold for $3.89 million. In fact, none sold at all.

This would be such a better post if I identified every photographer and camera in every shot. I did initially, but a glitch eliminated those captions.

Photo credits (for now in alphabetical order by first name):

Alexei Hay, Alfred Eisenstaedt, André Kertész, Ansel Adams, Arthur Elgort, Bert Stern, Bunny Yeager, Charles “Teenie” Harris, Cindy Sherman, Diane Arbus, Erwin Blumenfield, Ezra Stoller, Gordon Parks, Helmut Newton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jan Saudek, Jane Brown, Jenloup Sieff, Man Ray, Michel Comte, Noell Oszaid, Richard Avedon, Robert Capa, Robert Doisneau, Sebastião Salgado, Terry O’Neill, Thierry Le Goues, Weegee, Yousuf Karsh

Probably my favorite of them all, this vintage photograph of a little boy with his camera (Photographer Unknown)

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