Perhaps because I'm older, selfies seem very weird to me. I've taken only one in my life, and only because U-Haul required it for its self-checkout procedure.
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So I strongly approve of this project by photographer Stephanie Leigh Rose. She photographs herself apparently dead in front of famous landmarks. Her meaning, though, is deeper than my own general loathing of selfies:
All STEFDIES images occur spontaneously in my daily life, the images the viewer happens to see are the 25% of images that are useable. This is why a STEFDIES image is the opposite of a selfie. A selfie has controlled conditions, specific lighting, makeup/hair/wardrobe, an agenda, and is focused on the individual personality- it is a contrived and manipulated image distorted to achieve a desired result. STEFDIES is the polar opposite- I get one chance to get the shot, if it doesn’t happen, c’est la vie. We have one life to live, and we don’t get re-do’s- and i would like to think i try to capture that feeling, that fleeting sense of life and its impermanence, in my photos.
You can see examples of Rose's STEFDIES on her Instagram page.
-via Proper Opinion