The selfie generation no longer cares about taking autographs of their idols. The perfect Instagram selfie is worth so much more. Animator, filmmaker, and theatre personality, Gitanjali Rao, has taken this cultural obsession to a whole new artistic level with her project, Wish Fulfillment Selfies. Prior to this, she had never taken a selfie, simply because she got a smartphone very recently. Now, she uses the magic of Photoshop to take selfies with iconic artistes, historical figures, as well as fictional characters.
With Frida Kahlo
In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
With Amrita Shergill
With Smita Patil
With Madhubala
With Satyajit Ray
With Susan Sontag
With Guru Dutt
With Marcello Mastroianni
With Che Guevara
With Simone de Beauvoir
With Pina Bausch
With Andrei Tarkovsky
With Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring
She is now thinking of taking selfies with other fictional characters, including Superman and Savita Bhabhi. Watch this space for more.
All pictures are property of Gitanjali Rao and have been reprinted with her permission.
