Alex Williams 'Here I Am Taking My Own Picture'

“Here I’ am Taking My Own Picture”- Analytical Its hard to imagine a time where photographs actually took time to produce. First of course to take the photograph, and then into the dark room where the film was transferred onto special paper to be put through developing chemicals. In the end you would hope for the best and that you looked good in the photo. It wasn't all that long ago that this process existed. However, now we live in a technological world where anything is possible. You no longer need to wait and pray that you didn't look fat in a picture but now its just a click of a button to view and another click of the 'delete' button if you don't like what you see. Then your off to continue your photo shoot and free to fill p your SD card or phone memory with more of yourself.
The author, Alex Williams, had written the article and explained the many possible reasons why you can't find a MySpace page without finding at least one of what the author calls a “self portrait”. These portraits are referred to in the article as “a new genre of photography”. Self portraits are almost always shot by ones own self at arms length. The author explains that some of the reasons why the self portrait is so popular may be because of technology, or behavioral growing process where adolescents try to discover themselves. It may also be because they want attention or believe that like their favorite celebrity, their peers can't get enough of