Museum celebrates the art of selfie

Published - April 01, 2018 08:37 pm IST - Glendale

Top view:  A visitor takes a  selfie  at the Museum of Selfies in California.

Top view: A visitor takes a selfie at the Museum of Selfies in California.

There’s an art to taking the perfect selfie — from the angle, to the focus, cropping out that pesky outstretched arm and above all, the smile.

In a celebration of self-portraits in the social media age, Tommy Honton and Tair Mamedov’s Museum of Selfies in Los Angeles is an interactive exhibition exploring the history and cultural phenomenon of snapping a photo of yourself.

And for those who think if a moment wasn’t photographed, it might as well have not happened — the good news is that at the Museum of Selfies, selfies are compulsory.

Event planner Lori Nguyen, 45, said she doesn’t take selfies very often because “I’m not, like, super young.” But another visitor, Nina Crowe, said she takes “one a day.”

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