This year the phenomenon of taking "selfie" photos has become worthy of being named Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year for 2013. Selfies can range from the innocent-enough to the provocative and just plain weird.
As it seems some people have yet to learn, whatever’s in the background of a photo is just as important as whatever face you’re making in it. Some perfect examples of this include "selfies at funerals," as well as any of the posts curated in the Tumblr blog ’Selfies at Serious Places.’
But for as many cringe-worthy selfies there are in the world, there are movements like the "unselfie," which shows photos of people with paper covering their faces, detailing where people can donate money to countries like the Philippines that have been hit with a natural disaster. As much as you may roll your eyes at people taking selfies, it’s nice to know that of the hundreds that are uploaded each minute, there are some out there that are taken for more purposes than just vanity.
25 Unconventional Selfie Photos
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Colorfully Expressive Supermodel Spreads
Cara Delevingne Covers Vogue UK January 2014
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Phone Theft Fail Blogs
'Life of a Stranger Who Stole My Phone' Features a Thief's Mobile Uploads
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Somber Situated Selfies
The Blog 'Selfies at Serious Places' Compiles Insensitive Self Portraits
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Adorable Daddy Daughter Selfies
This Redditor Took a Bunch of Funny Family Portraits with his Baby
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Narcissistic Funeral Photography Blogs
'Selfies At Funerals' is a Questionable New Blog
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Self-Obsessed Disney Snapshots
These Disney Instagram Selfies are Picture Perfect
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Photoshopped Sandwich Swap Blogs
This Sandwich Tumblr Makes Funny Photoshop Replacements
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Cat Selfie-Enabling Apps
The Snapcat App Lets Kitties Take Selfies by Pawing at the Screen
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Parodying Pup Self-Portraits
Jeremy Veach’s Puppy Photography Instagram Feed Features Cute S
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Canine Selfie Ads
This Pet Beauty Campaign Features Dogs Taking Self-Captures
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Selfie-Taking Seniors
This 'Instagram-Pa' is Sharing his Vintage Photos Online
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A Darth Vader Selfie Kicks Off the Official Star Wars Instagram
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The ThirdLove App Helps to Measure Bra Size from Selfies
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Cringeworthy Face-Caressing Selfies
Dubbed 'Starbucks Drake Hands,' This User's Gesture Went Viral
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The Champion Dog Food Campaign Parodies Social Media Portraits
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Superimposed Star Selfies
The Nicolas Cage Blog Photoshops the Actor's Face onto Instagram Selfies
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Narcissistic Self-Portait Illustrations
César Moreno Showcases an iPhone Self-Portrait Using
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Cop Capture Blogs
CopSelfies Portrays Humanizing Pictures of Police Officers
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This iPhone Spoof Ad Uses Crocs in the Place of the iPhone 5c
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Non-Violent Instagram Parodies
This Fake Instafeed is in Honor of the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
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Instagramed Selfless Selfies
People Take an 'Unselfie' in Hopes of Doing Some Good
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Selfie Competition Commercials
It's Bryant vs Messi in the Selfie Shootout for Turkish Airlines
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Three-Dimensional Selfie Services
3D Mini Me Figurines Let You Turn Yourself into a Collectible
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Digital Selfie Galleries
The National Selfie Gallery Celebrates This Generation's Self-Portrait
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