Sex, Privacy and Culture: ‘The Selfie Generation’

by Alicia | Oct 31, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration

From Northeastern Illinois University’s The Independent, January 30, 2018, by Amaris Rodriguez: In recent years the world has been taken over by the selfie; a picture that someone takes of themselves. They are used on every social media platform and even have...

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

by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration

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...

Art at Arm’s Length: A History of the Selfie

by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration

From Vulture, January 26, 2014, by Jerry Saltz: “Selfies are usually casual, improvised, fast; their primary purpose is to be seen here, now, by other people, most of them unknown, in social networks. They are never accidental: Whether carefully staged or...

Lecture – “Selfie Culture” at Cal State Fullerton

by Alicia | Dec 3, 2015 | Selfie Press, selfiegeneration

Thank you CalState Fullerton, Camera Absurda Photography Club and Julie Orser for inviting me to speak about my selfie culture research project.  

Art Selfie Quote for Break Thru Radio [PRESS]

by Alicia | Jan 7, 2015 | News, Selfie Press

I am really pleased to be quoted in this lovely short article about the art selfie movement by Cleo Bergman for Break Thru Radio. Check out the full article here: http://breakthruradio.com/#/post/?blog=72&post=45466 Here is the section where I am quoted: Others,...

Smart selfie quote in Western Morning News UK [PRESS]

by Alicia | Dec 30, 2014 | News, Online, Press, Selfie Column, Selfie Press

I am quoted in a British newspaper story about selfie culture. Check it out! But most selfies are not taken with celebs. As an American critic called Alicia Eler has written, selfies are: “Where we become our own biggest fans and private paparazzi.” Read...