Selfies have taken over social media, but even the most pro-selfie proponents would probably admit that, ultimately, selfies aren’t exactly a good thing. Even with this tacit understanding, many of us will simply go on extending our arms, nailing the perfect smile, and snapping 50 photos of ourselves that we will later scrutinize for hours, before choosing one to post on Instagram. One woman, however, decided that she would rather die than take a selfie, and she’s putting her camera where her mouth is.
Photo: stefdies/Instagram
Woman Posts Photos of Herself ‘Dead All Around the World’ for Anti-Selfie Campaign
Stephanie Leigh Rose created a website and Instagram account called “Stefdies” as part of her anti-selfie campaign. According to her website, each photo she takes “strives to get back to the roots of what a photograph was intended to be — a captured moment in time. Her pictures, usually taken in front of beautiful backdrops, don’t showcase the perfect angle and smile, but instead her “lifeless” body lying flat on the ground.
She explains on her website that the photo series is intended to provoke discussion on “mortality, the function of photography, and stirs the imagination. Nothing is premeditated or prepared in these photographs, the shot is captured in the moment as it occurs… that is the beauty of this series, each photo is just a blip in a day. Nothing less, nothing more. It’s the truest sense of what I believe photographs should be — tangible physical proof that ‘I was here.’”
And yes, the photo series is intended to prove a point, but it’s also pretty hilarious. 
H/T: Petty Mayonnaise