Taking Selfies is an Art, So Take These Notes for Better Portraits

Glam recently published an article with advice for how to take better selfies. In it, they quoted Dr. Helen Egger’s insights about how filters can impact an individual’s sense of self.

“We’ve always had the challenge of images being filtered and doctored to make unrealistic measures for what beauty looks like...What is taking it to the next level with these filters is it’s not just seeing an image of a celebrity who is unrealistic and measuring yourself against that person; it’s measuring your real self against a pretend image of yourself. These face filters are using algorithms to reinforce a certain standard of beauty that is very narrow...[it] doesn’t support individuality; it supports conformity with what’s the standard of beauty.”

— Dr. Helen Egger, child psychiatrist and Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of Little Otter

Read the full article here: https://www.glam.com/1218596/taking-selfies-is-an-art-so-take-these-notes-for-better-portraits/