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said that "Kardashian has ushered in a new kind of fame—one in which you can be famous for seemingly being nothing more than yourself—with this book she might also be ushering in a new form of autobiography". Bourne also noted that the book "takes a lot of cues" from other photobooks such as
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described the book as "unexpectedly revealing" and "oddly moving", also adding that "by the time you get to her photobombing another friend mid-selfie or making faces with her family , you think that she'd actually be quite a laugh to go out with". Madeline Roth of
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reveals that what may seem insipid and overblown initially is actually a far smarter, more calculated window into the life and times of one of our culture’s most relevant public figures through the simple, albeit absurd, art of documenting herself."
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my first selfie in 1984 and that opens up the book. For a decade, I've carried a big digital camera, and I think it's just fascinating to see the process of what types of photos evolve. Mine started off on digital cameras, then they went to a
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Facebook friend who splices together brief video clips every day for year". Mapes further said: "But because she looks less than perfect in many of these photos, it’s hard for me to flip through
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with a limited availability of 500 copies of numbered and signed version of the book, which reportedly were sold out in a minute. The new and updated volume of
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