Reflections on the mirror images of the past

The Self-Portrait, A Cultural History

**By** James Hall

**Thames and Hudson,** €25.15

**Reviewed by** Brendan Daly

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Within 24 hours of being taken, Ellen DeGeneres’s group selfie with 11 other Hollywood luvvies at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony had been retweeted almost three million times to become the most RT’ed image in the short history of Twitter. It was a swaggering confirmation, if any was needed, that the selfie is now a hallmark ...