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Selfie Summary

12/22/2013

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Well this is my last blog post from Paris. It's been an incredible 4 months and i've made myself a little souvenir from all my selfie pics. Selfies seem to be getting a bit of a bad rap at this cultural moment for their self indulgence and narcissism but when i watch this sequence of pictures my image seems to disappear from the center and i see the circumstances of the moment return, the taste of a lemon tart i just ate, the smell of fresh laundry or the sound of the metro rumbling a few feet below me. I started taking these photos mockingly, as a sort of satire on the self absorption of tourism, but then i see the image of myself standing at that street corner or in front of the cathedral and i remember that moment vividly and with affirmation, claiming that old graffiti standard, 'i was here'.
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Rod
12/21/2013 09:09:12 pm

Andrew's selfies with guest appearances by: Dr. Sarah K. Jim R, John W, & Rod N.

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John
12/22/2013 03:14:25 am

a visual autobiography of an incredible set of experiences

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Kathleen McPhail
12/22/2013 09:18:29 am

Thanks so much for sharing this incredible visual journey, bon voyage!

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