During my latest trip, and being overloaded with images on social media, it appeared obviously that the mobile replaced the compact camera. Except for some amateur/pro photographers, almost nobody carries a camera anymore. Probably, #selfie is the most tagged hashtag on social media and I thought it would be funny to capture some of those selfie-photographers (is that a word?).

At first I was uncomfortable: one would probably notice I’m taking a picture, but somehow this was not the case. The selfie-photographer lives in his/her own world where is no space for unknown outsiders who did not send a friend request.

So, during my trip, I started hunting for those aiming their mobile on their selves and I must admit, it is a rather funny thing to do. Next to pure ‘selfies’, I captured some interesting moments of people photographing each other. Let’s start with that.

What I like about the above images, that all have a story. Look at them, and wonder, what is going on? For example, in the second image, the girl on the right, what is she photographing? What about the cats in the third image? What will be their next move? I really love it when images leave something to wonder …

Anyway, the Selfie Project. A series of images of so-called selfie-photographers taken where-ever I encounter them. There will be now rules, I can shoot with whatever camera I have, I can crop, I can edit to my liking. No rules. Of course, those who will make it to the final gallery, should be interesting. I guess it will be a never-ending project, which is quite ok. Let’s start with the first few from Cappadocia, Turkey.

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