Review: “Selfie” suggests digital technology puts a new spin on tradition of self-portraiture
July 22,2014
ArtsAtl.com
By Jerry Cullum
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The invention of photography in the early 19th century radically altered the course of modern art and forever changed the way people see the world around them.
Has 21st-century technology — digital photography, social media, smart phones with cameras — had a similar impact on art and vision? This is one of the questions posed by Selfie: A Contemporary Look at the Self-Portrait at the Chastain Arts Center through August 2.