I have a (hopefully short) fascination with selfies and the templated, iconic poses that people use like symbols. I scanned a whole bunch using only black and white to see how simple the image can get and still easily be understood. The answer is pretty damn simple. These things are branding or logos to make us instantly recognizable to the “customers” browsing and swiping.
(Blue steel, Ferrari, Le Tigre, and Magnum are the names of poses from Zoolander.)
