Selfie or Self-Portrait

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What will our future selfies be like? Our guest, Stephen Mayes, suggests that they may be images of what we think rather than what we see. For those of you exasperated by the deluge of duck faces in your social media feed, this may be a terrifying idea, but is the selfie really that bad, and if so, how and why is it different than an artist’s self-portrait? These are the questions we address in this week’s episode and, to do so, we have invited the inimitable Mr. Mayes and photographer Nicky Wanzi, whose recent series of self-portraits, in which she depicts not only herself but also two of her best friends, was included in PDN’s 2016 Photo Annual. Join us for this enjoyable conversation as we expose the selfie. Guests: Stephen Mayes and Nicky Wanzi Photograph: John Harris

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and more.
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0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:20.1	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:23.7	Before we proceed, allow me to take a moment to ask you our listeners to tweet us at
0:28.1	bhphotovideo with hashtag bhphotopodcast and rate us on iTunes.
0:34.4	We really love doing this show and your feedback enables us to make it that much better.
0:39.9	Today, John Harrison, I will be talking about selfies, a genre of photography that some
0:44.2	people adore while others abor.
0:46.8	Our guests are Stephen Mays, writer, strategist, executive director of the Tim Heatherington
0:52.6	Trust and all around go-to guy for all aspects of photography.
0:56.8	How do you like this?
0:57.8	That's great.
0:58.8	We are also welcoming photographer Nikki Wanzi, whose recent series called Living in New
1:04.5	York has gotten well-deserved attention, including a mention in the just released PDN 2016
1:11.2	annual.
1:12.2	Welcome to both of you.
1:13.9	I'm going to admit that I've taken selfies.
1:16.1	I actually remember the very first one I did.
1:18.1	I was back in school and I did a close-up of a shiny brass doorbell that had the word
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