THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S SELFIE IS NOTHING NEW

Andreas Feininger, The Photojournalist, 1951

Not all of these shots are actually selfies. Some are. Others are photographers shot while working by their peers. They are all great pictures, in my book illustrate perfectly Ansel Adams' famous quote; 

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” 

Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton with nude, 1946

Felix Nadar & Adrien Tournachon, Pierrot photographer by the mime Debureau, 1854

André Kertész, Self-portrait, Paris, 1927

Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-portrait

Paul S. Taylor, Dorothea Lange pictured in Texas, 1934

Ed van der Elsken, Self-portrait with Ata Kandó, Paris, 1953

Edouard Boubat, Self-portrait with Lella, 1951

Germaine Krull, Self-portrait with Ikarette, 1925

Helmut Newton, Self-portrait with model, Hotel Bijou, Paris, 1973

Hank Walker

René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, 1959

Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait in Mirrors, 1931

Oscar Graubner, Margaret Bourke-White working a top the Chrysler Building, 1934

Annie Liebovitz, working a top the Chrysler Building, 2005

Lee Friedlander, Self-portrait, 1997

Weegee, Lisette Model, 1946

Willy Ruge, Arno Boettcher, 1927

Willy Ronis, Self-portrait, 1955

Vivian Maier, Self-portrait

Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Self-portrait with Leica, 1952

Sally Mann, Self-portrait, 1974

Gerda Taro, Robert Capa, Segovia Front, Spain, 1937

Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Richard Avedon, New York, 1966

Peter Seker, Walker Evans, 1935-1936

Martin Munkacsi

 Robert Doisneau, La petite monique, 1934

(via Vintage Everyday)