--- title: 'Selfie Arm' Debuts for Lonely Shutterbugs description: A humorous new prototype of a 'selfie arm' has emerged to replace the selfie-stick by artists Justin Crowe and Aric Snee. canonical: https://time.com/3839609/selfie-arm-selfie-stick-photography/ author: Sabrina Toppa article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-29T05:51:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:41.274Z og:title: This Is the Selfie Stick We All Deserve og:description: Introducing the "selfie arm" og:url: https://time.com/3839609/selfie-arm-selfie-stick-photography/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Selfie Stick We All Deserve twitter:description: Introducing the "selfie arm" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the Selfie Stick We All Deserve > Sponsored content. 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However, to reduce some of the stigma around snapping a selfie alone, artists Justin Crowe and Aric Snee are exhorting the world’s loneliest shutterbugs to trade in their telescopic poles for “[selfie arms](http://www.justincrowestudio.com/selfie-arm.html).” The new design prototype, constructed out of lightweight fiberglass material, gives selfie fanatics the illusion of having friends, as the arm pretends to belong to a close buddy, family member or significant other. “Nobody wants to look alone while they mindlessly snap pictures of themselves,” Crowe’s website [says](http://www.justincrowestudio.com/selfie-arm.html), a tad judgmentally. 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