Selfies have become ubiquitous over the past few years, with everyone from pop stars to the president of the United States jumping on the bandwagon - but turns out the photo craze is at least a century old.
近年來，“自拍”成了風靡全球的時尚。從流行歌手到美國總統(tǒng)，不一而足，都加入了這一潮流。但“自拍熱”至少一個世紀前就已經(jīng)有了。

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Writer and photographer Tom Byron has shared with the Internet community a handful of 'selfies' taken by his great-grandfather dating back to 1909.
作家兼攝影師湯姆·拜倫在網(wǎng)絡社區(qū)上分享了幾張自己曾祖父的“自拍照”。這些照片拍攝于1909年，已逾百歲。

Unlike today's compact smartphones and slender tablets, taking a selfie a hundred years ago was a complicated task that required the photographer to hold a large, boxy apparatus in front of him.
不同于今天便攜的智能手機和輕薄的平板電腦，百年前的“自拍”是一項繁瑣的工程：你必須在面前舉著一個大盒子一樣的設備。

The resulting images appeared disordered and out of proportion, similar to a reflection in a fun-house mirror.
舉著早期照相機拍出來的自拍照看起來有些不協(xié)調，與人的身體并不相稱，有點類似哈哈鏡的鏡像。

In the prints aged by time, Mr Byron Clayton, a bespectacled, moustached gentleman, is depicted smiling for the camera in his hand alongside his friends all dressed in impeccable suits and bowler hats.
在這張標有時間的自拍照上，拜倫·克萊頓先生就是那位戴著眼鏡、蓄著胡須的紳士。照片上的拜倫·克萊頓先生面帶微笑地舉著照相機，和他的朋友們一起，穿著得體的西裝，戴著圓頂禮帽。

Joseph Byron Clayton died in 1923, after which his son took over the Byron Company and continued to run it successfully until the middle of World War II, when business experienced a downturn and the company closed for good in October 1942.
約瑟夫·拜倫·克萊頓先生于1923年離世，之后他的兒子繼承了拜倫公司（攝影公司）并經(jīng)營了下去。直到二次大戰(zhàn)中期，公司面臨蕭條，于1942年10月永久關閉。

Tom Byron, a married father of three, who earned several college degrees in economics, followed in his ancestors’ footsteps, working as a photographer until 2010, when he retired.
湯姆·拜倫現(xiàn)在是三個孩子的父親，他拿了好幾個經(jīng)濟學文憑，但還是追隨了自己祖輩的足跡。他一直是一名攝影師，直到2010年退休。