Perhaps Forrest Gump is the original photo bomber-
But I think it’s more than that. Forrest actually interacted with the figures of history that he was in the photo with. This was not the case with me-
I chose to join the historical Ellen DeGeneres selfie photo. Although it may not be a highly esteemed moment in history, at the time, it broke all of the records for the most tweeted selfie. I figured that this was an appropriate historical moment for in light of the ENG 304 course. At the Academy awards on March 2, 2014, Ellen managed to organize a selfie with Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie. Bradley Cooper was also in the picture-he actually pressed the button.
I found an image of myself that seemed to be the right scale and shape to paste over Kevin Spacey. I also tried to match the image with the others’ tone, but I think that was the most difficult aspect to achieve. I used Microsoft Paint to edit my photo and cut my image out. Once I saved the photo, I tried to re-edit the tone of it, but I wasn’t able to get it quite right. I wasn’t able to devote more hours to it, but the above is the end result.
ds106assignment
