First edition of Death by Selfie by Martin Parr. First impression. Small format softcover in new condition.

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Here is an unproven statistic: India is the world leader for selfie taking. The only potential competitor would be China , with a similarly large population, but if you refer to the ‘Death by Selfie‘ statistics, India is so far ahead, there is no real competition. It is probably wise to assume that if more people are killed by a phenomenon, then more of this activity must be taking place.

In 2015, 27 people died taking selfies. In both 2016 and 2017, 68 were killed by selfies. Many of the deaths occur when other people step in to try and rescue the selfie taker washed away by freak waves. People also die by going too near a raging fire, or the often occurring stepping backwards off a cliff edge. However to India’s great credit this figure dropped substantially in 2018, down to a mere 2 deaths...