selfie vs. self potrait

What is a selfie? a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.

What is a self portrait?a portrait of an artist produced or created by that artist.

Is there a difference? If so, what? theres really no difference in the end product, but the process to get there is different

What style do you prefer? self portraits

Is one more valuable/important than the other? Why? i believe self portraits are more valuable, because its a longer process and can be considered as art.

Self portraits and selfies in the end have the same ending product, a photograph of the person whom took it. But the process is incomparable.Though the selfie is convenient and updated, a self portrait holds more value. The self portrait has history, and a process of evolving from paint, to film, to now digital.

The selfie has been a recent of the last 5 years or so ,and compared to a self portrait seem similar.  

 Now in social media era a person is judged by their profile picture, which almost always a selfie, because now a days having someone take a photo of you or taking time to take a self portrait is 'too difficult'. As well as ruining a art form ,i believe selfies have created a harsher judgement from one person to another.Selfies have formed their own form of critique/culture that include having a good angle, lighting,and your face looking good ,or now 'on fleek'. 

Even though i personally do not compare a selfie to self portrait for many reasons, does not mean i don't see the good in them. I understand that they are convenient, and fun at times.

Now personally ,i appreciate a self portrait. In the Social media world we live in, i feel like everyone desires everything to be quick.It's a true shame that the rarity of finding a person who prefers self portraits over a selfie is so small. Sure its a longer process, but they've come a long way to what they were now. Self portraits have came from icons like Frida Kahlo painting her self to distract herself from heartbreak, film camera self portraits in the mirror, to where we are now having advanced digital cameras with view finders to help us and make the process easy.

Overall self portraits are my preferred style. They are comparable is some ways, but i think the beauty in the art and time it takes for a self portraits is something that selfies cant compare to.

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