selfies

Shutter Island

Holocaust memorials, funerals, kids in car accidents—the backdrops are increasingly inappropriate. Why are our narcissists getting even worse?

It’s Just Us!

Like people, selfies are often bothersome, silly, and apparently redundant. But the new Word of the Year doesn’t just expose our narcissism—it can express the simple joy of being alive.

Modern Portraiture

Nineteen artists provide insight into the concept of the Selfie in a new video installation at the Moving Image Art Fair in London. Erin Cunningham reports.