The New York Times examines the art of the self-portrait snap.
Specifically, the art of the self-portrait snap as posted on MySpace by teenagers armed with digital cameras.
It's Oblivious Journalism 101. After careful consideration, experts agree: it's posing in the mirror, gone digital. But that can't explain the trend. Why, people had cameras as far back as the 1960s! And they didn't stand around moodily-lit bedrooms and take self-portraits! They lied around moodily-lit bedrooms and listened to Beatles records! It was a simpler time!
The implied Boomer envy amuses me most. This, along with the new American Express financial planning campaign, could be the tip of a newer, funnier trend: Boomers facing the cold, hard truth of their own hipness mortality, and the increasingly desperate measures they'll take to move that coveted demographic from 18-35 to 45-60.
"Extreme Fixodent!" can't be far off.
Specifically, the art of the self-portrait snap as posted on MySpace by teenagers armed with digital cameras.
It's Oblivious Journalism 101. After careful consideration, experts agree: it's posing in the mirror, gone digital. But that can't explain the trend. Why, people had cameras as far back as the 1960s! And they didn't stand around moodily-lit bedrooms and take self-portraits! They lied around moodily-lit bedrooms and listened to Beatles records! It was a simpler time!
The implied Boomer envy amuses me most. This, along with the new American Express financial planning campaign, could be the tip of a newer, funnier trend: Boomers facing the cold, hard truth of their own hipness mortality, and the increasingly desperate measures they'll take to move that coveted demographic from 18-35 to 45-60.
"Extreme Fixodent!" can't be far off.
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