The lift selfie
The lift selfie
Unexpected fallout of Solange-and-Jay-Z liftgate last year: the interior of a lift is a newly iconic backdrop for a photograph. Swap mirror selfies of yourself in the bathroom at home (too considered) and in the ladies’ loos (a bit adolescent) for selfies taken in the lift. These are surprisingly hard to do quickly enough, unless you live in the Shard, which is why they are impressive. Bonus points for getting loads of good-looking mates in the photo with you. (Although heaven help you if you forget to tag anyone.)
The Sophia Loren/Jane Birkin/Audrey Hepburn photo
The sophisticated Instagrammer intersperses her own pictures with vintage ones. The classic genre is an inspirational photo of a style icon: see, for instance, Julia Restoin Roitfeld’s snap of a suspender-wearing Sophia Loren, or her mum Carine’s portrait of Diana Vreeland. These are like the photos you drawing-pinned above your bed, or Sellotaped into the inside of your desk, when you were a teenager. Classic chocolate-box beauties get a lot of likes, but really obscure shots from coffee-table art tomes are always good for tone.
The text-convo screengrab
Cute puppies, sparkling blue water, cocktails, bougainvillea, blah blah blah. You know what really stands out in this never-ending stream of visual gorgeousness? Words. The good news, if you’re not sure where your next deck-of-the-yacht selfie is coming from, is that one of this summer’s hottest memes is a screen grab of a text conversation. Think of it as You’ve Got Mail, updated. Those elongated bubbles have become iconic, without us even noticing it. People who spend a lot of time on social media are impressed by proof that you are having an old-school actual conversation with another person. Should include: autocorrect, one half of the conversation sending at least two messages in quick succession.
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