Courtney- The difference between selfies and self-portraits.

Selfies are often used more on social media and shared with. Selfies include filters, are mostly taken with phones, and at an arms length. Selfies are not for something professional usually. A selfie allows people to express themselves in their own way that they want to take the photo. they can take the photo themselves instead of some professional photographer taking it for them. A self-portrait can range in different forms of art and how it's made. A self-portrait has intent and purpose behind it; it has meaning. Self-portraits can be made by paint, ceramic, or photograph to display the intent behind what the person is trying to express. Selfies is used more often on social media. Selfies can be displayed with captions and hashtags. Self-portraits try to get the meaning across the viewer without any caption. They convey a feeling or mood and try to express it. Selfies are more of something that you want to share with the world. They are taken at a time or place or event when you want to share it. Self-portraits are more planned and have more meaning behind them. Vincent Van Gogh is one of the many self-portrait artists. There are over thirty self-portraits of him using paint.