Selfie Portrait

I’m not sure who the subject of this studio portrait from the 1920s is, but it was part of a batch of distant family photographs. You don’t see that many portraits in these selfie-obsessed times we live in, which is a shame because portraits are more likely to show people as they are rather than as they might want to appear. I would be more inclined to sit down for a chat with the subject of this portrait than I would with the subject of most pouting selfies I see.