The art of the selfie
Subtitle: Hong Kong style
By: Jhoane Baterna-Pateña ; introduction by Gerry Badger
Contributors: Badger, Gerry
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Seltmann+Söhne
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9783944721859
Subjects: Catalogs; Portrait photography; Artistic Photography; Self-portraits; Smartphones; Pictorial works; Social media; User-generated content; Portraits (Photographie); Catalogues; Photographie artistique; Autoportraits; Téléphones intelligents; Ouvrages illustrés; Médias sociaux; Contenu créé par l'utilisateur
Other titles: Jhoane Baterna-Pateña : the art of the selfie :
Description: "For ten months, the Philippine photographer Jhoane Baterna-Patena observed people pursuing one of their favorite activities; the photographic staging of themselves. For this, she visited Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, a centrally located tourist site, which is a must especially for tourists from the Chinese mainland. The photographer was fascinated by the lively, theatrical hustle and bustle of thousands of visitors every day leaving their busses for a short "selfie break", on the way from one photo stop to the next. Her study of the characters, gestures and facial expressions of the selfie photographers is both an enlightening and amusing document of contemporary photography, which is always imbued with great sympathy for her protagonists"--Publisher description.