The world's earliest selfies – in pictures
The selfie isn't a 21st-century invention. Buzz Aldrin has reminded us on Twitter that he took the first space selfie in 1966. Here's a selection of other early examples of the form – from the 1830s to the 1980s
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First space selfie by Buzz Aldrin on Gemini 12 mission in 1966
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Robert Cornelius in 1839, believed to be the world's first selfie. Photograph: Library of Congress
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An unidentified Edwardian woman taking a selfie with a Kodak Brownie box camera around 1900
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Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia in 1914
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Self-portrait by photographer Joseph Byron New York, 1909, founder of the Byron Company photographic studio. Photograph: Getty Images
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Stanley Kubrick, 1949
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Colin Powell in the 1950s
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Photojournalist Terry Fincher with a fish-eye lens strapped to his foot, 1966. Photograph: Express/Getty Images
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Tony Ray-Jones at the seaside in 1965. Photograph: Getty Images
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Hunter S Thompson on the road to Tijuana in the 1960s. Photograph: Rex
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Allen Ginsberg 1985. Photograph: Corbis
