The 11 best photos ever taken with a selfie stick
Before they were called selfie sticks, monopods were used to take pictures as far back as 1926, according to the Daily Mail, who talked to the grandson of the first-ever documented selfie stick selfie.
27-year-old Brazilian photographer Thiago Correa took this selfie from the top of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.
You probably shouldn't try this one at home.
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Keep both hands on the wheel when you're driving, instead of using one to take a selfie.
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Same goes for piloting a helicopter.
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President Barack Obama took the first presidential selfie stick selfie earlier this year, in a video for BuzzFeed.
19-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled Dubai's 1,350-foot Princess Tower for this shot. Remnev is part of a group of photographers known as skywalkers. They don't use safety gear when they scale buildings.
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A Top The World’s Tallest Residential Building. Photograph By Alexander Remnev pic.twitter.com/LODLqWWZwR
Documenting sky-diving and otherwise jumping out of planes is a popular use for selfie sticks.
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Here's another one.
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Daniel Lau is known for his skyscraper pictures, made all the more dizzying when they're taken with a selfie stick.
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Here's another one Lau took. This one is from the top of a skyscraper in Hong Kong.
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