Museum Selfie Day Timeline

2003

First selfie camera in a phone

The Sony Ericsson Z101 mobile phone first introduced the concept of the front-facing camera.

2003

Artist reveals what the left hand is doing

Italian media artist Alberto Frigo started taking pictures of every object his right hand uses.

2002

First Internet Selfie

An Australian doctor posted a photograph of his face with a punctured bottom lip after falling over, drunk, saying he apologized for the quality, it was a “selfie”.