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Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931
Not all of these shots are actually selfies. Some are. Others are photographers shot while working by their peers. They are all great pictures, in my book illustrate perfectly Ansel Adams’ famous quote;
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
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Felix Nadar & Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot photographer by the mime Debureau, 1854
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René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1959
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Helmut Newton, Self-portrait with model, Hotel Bijou, Paris, 1973
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Hank Walker
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Germaine Krull, Self-portrait with Ikarette, 1925
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Edouard Boubat, Self-portrait with Lella, 1951
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Ed van der Elsken, Self-portrait with Ata Kandó, Paris, 1953
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Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange pictured in Texas, 1934
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Daido Moriyama
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait
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André Kertész, Self-portrait, Paris, 1927
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Oscar Graubner, Margaret Bourke-White working a top the Chrysler Building, 1934
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Annie Liebovitz, working a top the Chrysler Building, 2005
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Willy Ruge, Arno Boettcher, 1927
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Willy Ronis, Self-portrait, 1955
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Vivian Maier, Self-portrait
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Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Self-portrait with Leica, 1952
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Sally Mann, Self-portrait, 1974
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Robert Doisneau, La petite monique, 1934
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Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Segovia Front, Spain, 1937
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Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Richard Avedon, New York, 1966
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Peter Seker, Walker Evans, 1935-1936
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Lee Friedlander, Self-portrait, 1997
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Martin Munkacsi
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Weegee, Lisette Model, 1946
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