Meet the American who snapped the first selfie, Robert Cornelius, Philadelphia vanity photo futurist
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Robert Cornelius snapped the world's first selfie in Philadelphia in 1839, weeks after after the advent of photograph technology. It was a prelude to smartphone selfie phenomenon.
He captured the image, both mundane and momentous, only weeks after the advent of photography itself. "He's looking pretty fly!" – Selfie trendsetter Jamie Coelho "The 1830s were a dynamic time in photographic experimentation." – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts "The (Ellen DeGeneres/Bradley Cooper) star-packed shot tops Twitter's list of most-tweeted entertainment moments with nearly 255,000 tweets per minute." "They call it taking a selfie … I call it taking a lonely." — Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco "American millennials spend about 38 hours annually snapping self-portraits … and 33 hours attending social events." — Bureau of Labor Statistics Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
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