The first selfie (referred to as a self-portrait at the time) has been credited to Robert Cornelius in 1839. Cornelius, credited as one of the American pioneers of photography produced a daguerreotype of himself.

When was the word selfie first used?

In September 2001, a group of Australians created a website and uploaded the first digital self-portraits onto the internet. On September 13, 2002, the first recorded published use of the term "selfie" to describe a self-portrait photograph occurred on the Australian internet forum (ABC Online).

Who first used selfie?

In fact, the picture considered by many to be the first photographic portrait ever taken was a "selfie". The image in question was taken in 1839 by an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast from Philadelphia named Robert Cornelius.