'Give me a break, I've been doing selfies since 1981': Hollywood カメラマン takes credit for inventing the 発射 and 誇るs collection of more than 100 pictures with the 星／主役にするs

  • Lester Wisbrod, 67, has been taking selfies with celebrities since 1981
  • Has a collection of 150 photos with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Morgan Freeman and Ren?e Zellweger
  • He met the celebrities while working as a カメラマン in Hollywood

By Ashley Collman

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A 半分-retired Hollywood カメラマン says he invented the celebrity selfie, and has been taking 発射s of himself with the rich and famous for more than two １０年間s.

Lester Wisbrod, 67, recently （人命などを）奪う，主張するd 所有権 of the 傾向 in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, showing off his more than 150 photographs with the likes of Je nnifer Aniston, Ronald Reagan and マイク Tyson that he calls 'silly 発射s'

'Everybody's making a big fuss about selfies ― selfie this, selfie that … give me a break. I've been doing selfies since 1981,' he told the LA Times. 'I thought I better do something or else I'll 結局最後にはーなる as roadkill on the history 主要道路.'

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That's my idea! Semi-retired Hollywood cameraman Lester Wisbrod is taking credit for inventing the celebrity selfie

That's my idea! 半分-retired Hollywood カメラマン Lester Wisbrod is taking credit for inventing the celebrity selfie

Wisbrod says his selfie days started when he entered the TV 商売／仕事 in 1968, getting paid $2 dollars an hour working to film 'Romper Room' in Las Vegas.

That 職業 led to several others in the area and 結局 he moved to Los Angeles for more work in 1979.

It was in Hollywood that he started working on shows like 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' and 'A 現在の 事件／事情／状勢' where he began to rub shoulders with the movers and shakers in the entertainment 産業.

Stepping forward: Wisbrod decided to claim credit for the celebrity selfie so as not to become 'roadkill on the history highway'. Pictured above with actor Woody Harrelson

Stepping 今後: Wisbrod decided to （人命などを）奪う，主張する credit for the celebrity selfie so as not to become 'roadkill on the history 主要道路'. Pictured above with actor Woody Harrelson

Working man: Wisbrod met most of his subjects while working as a cameraman in Hollywood. Pictured above with athlete Mike Tyson

Working man: Wisbrod met most of his 支配するs while working as a カメラマン in Hollywood. Pictured above with 競技者 マイク Tyson

Successful: Wisbrod was only ever denied a picture once, by M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit. Pictured above with actress Jennifer Aniston

Successful: Wisbrod was only ever 否定するd a picture once, by M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit. Pictured above with actress Jennifer Aniston

His first selfie was taken in 1981 with humorist Art Buchwald and 発射 on a 伝統的な film camera.

Wisbrod went on to take about 150 selfies with celebrities, and credits his success with first chatting up the 星／主役にするs he was introduced to on 始める，決める.

He says he was only turned 負かす／撃墜する once, by M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit, who would only agree to the picture if someone else took the 発射.

'I awkwardly withdrew,' Wisbrod 解任するs.

Legend: For more than two decades, Wisbord took pictures of himself with some 150 celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and Mike Tyson

Legend: For more than two １０年間s, Wisbord took pictures of himself with some 150 celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston and マイク Tyson

Since selfies 要求する the the 支配する and カメラマン to join の近くに, Wisbrod says the resulting photographs are more intimate and put the celebrities 'in a whole different mood'.

In many of the 発射s, the celebrities 包む their 武器 around Wisbrod as if he's a の近くに friend.

And the 発射s have made for やめる a few good stories.

When he approached Steven Spielberg for a snap, the famous director 警告を与えるd him about his angle.

'Are you sure you want to take it that way?' Speilberg asked. 'You may not get another chance.'

Comfortable: Since the subject and cameraman have to get close for a selfie to work, Wisbrod says the selfies are more intimate and put the celebrities at ease. Pictured above with actress Suzanne Somers

Comfortable: Since the 支配する and カメラマン have to get の近くに for a selfie to work, Wisbrod says the selfies are more intimate and put the celebrities at 緩和する. Pictured above with actress Suzanne Somers

Wisbrod takes a snap with legendary actor Patrick Stewart

Wisbrod takes a snap with 伝説の actor Patrick Stewa rt

Golden Guy: Wisbrod pictured with a younger Betty White

Golden Guy: Wisbrod pictured with a younger Betty White

But the picture （機の）カム out 罰金, just like his 発射 with 大統領 Ronald Reagan, once he was out of office. That 発射 was more difficult to take since Wisbrod had to make his way past Secret Service.

There are also some ぎこちない memories, like the time he approached 法案 Pullman who thought he was 'macking' on his girlfriend, something Wisbrod 否定するs.?

Wisbrod? explained why he continued to 文書 his run-ins with the rich and famous, 説 it was a way to 文書 his life after leaving his hometown.

'I （機の）カム from East Oakland,' he said. 'People in East Oakland really don't get out and about into the celebrity scene much. I did it so much I really 肉親，親類d of took it for 認めるd. In a way, I 肉親，親類d of 行方不明になる it now.'

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