Philadelphia

MY YEAR LONG #SELFIE PROJECT and Philly Mag’s Selfie Contest

May 5, 2015 by HughE Dillon

I’ve been capturing people taking #Selfies of themselves for the last year, thinking maybe at the end I would do a blog post or even a photo exhibit. I’m not finished yet as I started in June 2014, but when I heard that Philly Mag was doing a Selfie Contest I thought this was a good way to show you a few of my works and promote their contest at the same time. Here are a few of my favorites, and one shot that occurred well before #Selfie was even in our vocabulary.

 The Career Wardrobe Tea Party.  The fashion show is coming up in June. Get tickets, it’s a great event, good cause and great networking.
 Alicia DiMichelle at the opening of her boutique in Marlton, NJ
 Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter Wine, Women and Shoes event  co-hosted by Alex Holley, Fox 29, with Cherri Gregg, KYW and Ashley Johnson, WPHL Eye Opener. 

 One of my favorites – Broad and Spruce
 See Alicia Vitarelli

She’s wearing pink, here she is with Kory Aversa.

 Members of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus

Women’s Initiative 2015 Gala 

2015 Women’s Initiative Award presented to Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall–Blake, president of the Independence Blue

 Yesterday at the NJ Aquarium
 Katy Perry at the Art Museum Steps August 2014
 Chinese New Year Dinner hosted by Michelle Leonard with guests including Jen Frederick and Alex Holley.
 The crew from Mitchell & Ness
 Wayyy wayy back about 5 yrs ago when Hadas Kuznits and I went on a nature walk in John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia
 The Geek Awards
 Danielle Cohn, director of entrepreneurial engagement at Comcast, Kate Gosselin, Vivica Fox and John Demming, Executive Director Corporate and Financial Communications of Comcast at private screening of Celebrity Apprentice in January 2015
 Megan Smith, Brownstone PR is the PR for Zarwin Baum, and this is the March Madness Party; she’s also the PR for Lisa Nutter – Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
This year’s hooray co-host for the PAI was Duke and Winston’s mascot Duke.  She was collecting #Selfies with Duke and she got one with Brian Lipstein of Henry Davidson, custom clothing.
Last June I started after I took this shot of Jay Baruchel, Actor: How to Train Your Dragon with a fan at the studios of CBS3 Talk Philly. The shot ran in Molly Eichel’s column in Philly Daily News. I love when people take selfies cause they’re capturing a memory, and cementing the notion that they were there to enjoy it.

Here are the Official Rules of the Philly Mag Selfie Contest. Enter and we’ll see you in the July Issue.