Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931
Not all of these shots are actually selfies. Some are. Others are photographers shot while working by their peers. They are all great pictures, in my book illustrate perfectly Ansel Adams’ famous quote;
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
Felix Nadar & Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot photographer by the mime Debureau, 1854
René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1959
Helmut Newton, Self-portrait with model, Hotel Bijou, Paris, 1973
Hank Walker
Germaine Krull, Self-portrait with Ikarette, 1925
Edouard Boubat, Self-portrait with Lella, 1951
Ed van der Elsken, Self-portrait with Ata Kandó, Paris, 1953
Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange pictured in Texas, 1934
Daido Moriyama
Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait
André Kertész, Self-portrait, Paris, 1927
Oscar Graubner, Margaret Bourke-White working a top the Chrysler Building, 1934
Annie Liebovitz, working a top the Chrysler Building, 2005
Willy Ruge, Arno Boettcher, 1927
Willy Ronis, Self-portrait, 1955
Vivian Maier, Self-portrait
Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Self-portrait with Leica, 1952
Sally Mann, Self-portrait, 1974
Robert Doisneau, La petite monique, 1934
Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Segovia Front, Spain, 1937
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Richard Avedon, New York, 1966
Peter Seker, Walker Evans, 1935-1936
Lee Friedlander, Self-portrait, 1997
Martin Munkacsi
Weegee, Lisette Model, 1946
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