‘Selfie’-reliance: The word of the year is the story of our individualism

From The Washington Post, November 19, 2013, by Dan Zak:

“Selfies are a form of vernacular photography, like amateur daguerreotype or Polaroid, says Alicia Eler, who writes routinely about selfies on the arts Web site Hyperallergic, and the prevalence of the artistic tool (the smartphone) doesn’t diminish the value of the work.”