89-year-old grandma takes cooler Selfies than yours

CAIRO – 19 November 2017: If you log onto the pictures sharing social media giant, Instagram, while of scrolling you will start to notice that almost everyone is posing the same way in their pictures, mostly with a duck face.

However, Kimiko Nishimoto is not a typical Selfie-taker. Currently, at the age of 89, Nishimoto keeps finding new creative ways to take and photoshop self-portraits.


via Kimiko Nishimoto’s Facebook page

Wavy Wednesday 👘 #kimikonishimoto

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It all started around 17 years ago when out of curiosity, she enrolled in a photography course that her own son teaches.

키미코 니시모토는 72세가 되던 해에 처음 카메라를 손에 잡았다. 그로부터 15년이 지난 지금 그녀는 일본 열도에서 모르는 이가 없는 사진 작가가 되었다. 본래 꽃 사진 등 정물 사진으로 전시를 해왔는데, 시간이 될때마다 리모콘을 활용해 찍은 셀프 카메라 작품이 화제가 되어 새로운 전시를 시작한다고. 지난 술자리가 지난하여 스물 아홉 인생이 헛헛했는데, 타임라인에 기환형이 공유한 이 사진을 보고 실없이 웃어댔다. 이렇게 즐겁게 살면 되나 싶었다. #kimikonishimoto #키미코니시모토 #japanphotographer #일본사진작가

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True #kimikonishimoto

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That was it, something sparked inside 72 year- old Nishimoto and set her on the beginning of a path which is now leading her into both Japan’s photography galleries and the world wide web’s memes.

And I'm out! Skrrrt! #kimikonishimoto #SUMMERSEVENTEEN

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