Selfies, as the word implies, are visual presentations of one’s self and as such can be understood as photographic representations and formations of identity (Barthes, 1981; Sontag, 2005; van Dijck, 2008). They are a “new visual genre—a type of self-portrait formally distinct from all others in history” because they are frequently shared online (Saltz, 2014). Selfies often serve to claim, “I’m here!” (Myers, 2010, p. 274) and “reflect the view of ourselves that we want to project out into world” (Gye, 2007, p. 282). Taking and sharing digital photographs is increasingly understood as a form of communication and social currency (Rainie, Brenner, & Purcell, 2012; van Dijck, 2008) but also as witnessing (Reading, 2009). In that respect, selfies mobilize a complex web of motives and social norms connected to presentations of identity/self, often within the private-public spaces of social media (Marwick & boyd, 2011).