Sunday, April 12, 2015 - North Shore News - A3
Thirteen-year-olds Marina Matsuura and Rachel Wesley (top photo, left) take a photo of themselves at John Lawson Park; the Grade 8 West Vancouver secondary students captured themselves with Marina’s iPhone 5s. Cherie and Paul Carless (lower photo, left), visiting from Cambridge, England, take a selfie on the Cliffwalk attraction at Capilano Suspension Bridge. Caiden Crow, age 10, puts his face in the crowd. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN
Practising the art of the selfie
Digital reflection Oxford Dictionaries named “selfie” the word of the year 2013 after the frequency of its usage increased by 17,000 per cent over the previous 12 months. The English dictionary defines a selfie as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” Contemporary use of the word has been traced to a post on an Australian online forum on Sept. 12, 2002 although the concept itself is far from a modern phenomenon. The hashtag #selfie first appeared on the photo-sharing website Flickr as early as 2004, but usage wasn’t widespread until at least 2012. The ubiquitous use of smartphones has made selfies the most democratic of art forms.
Calgary visitors Kim and Kelly Hales, with Cynthia Hablinski and six-year-old Peter, pose for Robert Hablinski’s camera.
Handsworth Grade 8 students Cathy Bautista, Genevieve Naidoo and Audrey McBean set up a group shot in Edgemont Village.
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Nicole Santos with her sister Cherry Santos and Victoria Bowns find a spot at the totem pole in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.
Rockridge student Nathan Bruce takes a selfie on a break from theatre rehearsal with Nicholas Rabnett photobombing in the background.
Lin Yang and Guo Cheng, originally from Beijing, China, now living in Calgary, use a Selfie Stick to document their trip to Capilano Suspension Bridge.