We take millions of photographs. How are all of our snaps affecting our eyes, brains, and bodies? WIRED Senior Editor Peter Rubin looks at the ways that selfies can distort our self perception, shoots with a pro photographer, and examines the way that all those images are affecting our moods and memory.
Follow the links below to read more about the research we used in this video:
WIRED.com – “Use Science (Not Surgery) to Create Your Best Selfie”:
Boris Paskhover study on nasal distortion in selfies:
Selfie perspective manipulator created by researcher Ohad Fried:
Jennifer Mills study on selfies and mood:
Alixandra Barasch study – “How Taking Photos Increases Enjoyment of Experiences”
Alixandra Barasch study – “How the Intention to Share Can Undermine Enjoyment: Photo-Taking Goals and Evaluation of Experiences”
Alixandra Barasch study – “Photographic Memory: The Effects of Volitional Photo Taking on Memory for Visual and Auditory Aspects of an Experience”
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Shout out to all the iTards using their phone vertically to take pictures. Urrggh
this was a commercial
I take selfies all the time. But I don't share them, and I certainly don't do it for the view lol
I'm self conscious of the art I post on Instagram. I have to tell myself "I won't post this one" to make sure I don't get picky over little details.
3:24 So instead of nose surgery, he should be performing arm extension surgery?
literally an obnoxious face tune ad popped up in the middle of this vid 🙄🙄🙄
Ah didn't expect this to be about Selfies and Social Media…
I HAVE THE PHOTO IN THE THUMBNAIL OVER MY FIREPLACE. #SHOOK
It’s cuz it’s a wide angle
I’m a carspotter lol
9:29
research manager at the eye tracking tech company is called Ashley Ogle
Love Your Channel my Friend god bless you my brother
Also for people who really went to see doctors to wonder why their selfies made them look like that.. you should save your co-pay and google it next time. lol
No offense to the phd guy, but he basically just did a book report on optics. Hardly new information.. and the program he made just reinvented the wheel that's existed in Adobe PS/LR for like the past decade.
Huh… Selfies? Really? Did you decide to change topic midway through making this video? Only the last 1/3 of this video was on point.
Vid properly starts at 6:30, before that it's just first world problems(selfie anxiety)
5:21 Oof looks like some camera tape marks
This definitely seems less concerned w the phenomenon of photographing and much more with selfie culture and social media. If it's really about photography, there's almost 200 years of history and evolution that should be taken into account. Also, you really only spoke to one photographer? and he's a LANDSCAPE photographer? Why not seek out a technical teacher at an art school? Or someone who specializes in portraiture or even a photo theorist.
What's her ig? 4:47
I saw Christ suddenly on Ted talk 4 years ago, and watched his talk over and over again, totally inspired me want to become a photographer. Love him.🙏
Facetune sponsored this video
I learnt so much in the comment section than the video