[Trending] 10+ Vintage Celebrity Selfies Before Smartphones
At first it was strange, but now the term “selfie” has become normal in our daily lives. Selfie is nothing more than a photo that a person t...
At first it was strange, but now the term “selfie” has become normal in our daily lives. Selfie is nothing more than a photo that a person takes of himself, whether it’s at home, eating, at a soccer stadium, on the beach, or wherever he/she is.
With the increase in the use of smartphones and the large number of social networks, selfies have become a world’s fever. But have you ever wondered who was the first person to take a “selfie”? It was Robert Cornelius who took the first daguerreotype in North America. It is believed to be the first photographic self-portrait. You will find him on this list which proves that selfies are nothing really new!
Rowan Atkinson, 1987
Madonna, 1982
Paul McCartney, 1959
Colin Powell, 1954
U.S. President John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, 1954
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, Musicians, 1992
George Harrison, 1966
Ringo Starr, 1960
John Lennon, 1967
Sammy Davis Jr., 1950
Andy Warhol, 1979
Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Michael Jackson, 1996
Maj. David G. Simons, 1957
Buzz Aldrin, Gemini XII mission, 1966
Robert Cornelius is the first daguerreotype taken in North America. It is believed to be the first photographic self-portrait
Gordon Parks, 1948
Ilse Bing, 1931
Hunter S. Thompson, 1960
Dennis Hopper, 1965
Jeff Bridges & Sam Elliott, 1997
Stanley Kubrick, 1949
ROonald Reagan & Lester Wisbrod, 1980s
Princess Anastasia (daughter of Russia’s last Emperor), 1914
Image credits: Princess Anastasia
Allen Ginsburg, 1985
Stevie Nicks, 1970’s-80’s
Linda, Paul and Mary McCartney, 1969
Ed Feingersh Self-Portrait with Marilyn Monroe, 1955
Frank Sinatra, 1930s
Image credits: Sinatra Family Archive
Richard Avedon and Sophia Loren, 1960s
George Harrison
Geraldine Fitzgerald, 1940s
Photographer Florence Vandamm takes a mirror selfie, 1947
John Chaloner Woods, 1938
Stanley Kubrick took this selfie on the set of The Shining with his daughter. Apparently, Jack Nicholson thought Kubrick was taking a photo of him
Belgian artist Henri Evenepoel, 1898
Self-portrait by photographer Joseph Byron, 1909
Photojournalist Terry Fincher with a fish-eye lens strapped to his foot, 1966
Allen Ginsberg, 1985
Tony Ray-Jones at the seaside in 1965
Bill Nye the Science Guy, 1999
, 80s
George Harrison, 1966
George Harrison, 1966
Neil Armstrong, 1969
Actor Van Johnson, 1940s
Actress Joyce Reynolds, 1940s
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