In response to the recent popularity of "selfies" in social media, The Society of Architecture Photography (SAP) has racked their archives to release a few rare images of what the society is calling "architecture selfies" - images taken by architects in front of their works. SAP's Director, Chantelle Archambault, told us: "We weren't sure if we would find any at all, but we were pleasantly surprised to find seven - even one of Le Corbusier at Chandigarh in 1961. I suppose it's only natural - architects consider travel an integral part of their creative process, and a pilgrimage to a built work is one of the most rewarding experiences an architect can claim."
See all the newly released "architecture selfies" - including photographs of Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, and more - after the break...
IM Pei at the Louvre in 1981
Lina Bo Bardi at MASP in 1968
Louis Kahn at the Salk Institute in 1965
Le Corbusier at Place Assembly in 1961
Rem Koolhaas at Casa da Música in 2005
Zaha Hadid at the Heydar Aliyev Center in 2013