Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua noho rātou hei tētahi o ngā taonga tino whakawehi e kawea ana e ngā tūruhi i ngā tau tata nei, engari e āhua ana kua toru tekau tau te roa o te rākau selfie e whakawehi ana. Ko Hiroshi Ueda, he kaitango whakaahua i mahi hei kaipūkaha mo te kamupene kāmera Minolta, e kii ana i hangaia e ia te tokotoko selfie i nga tau 1980. E ai ki a ia, i puta ake te whakaaro i muri i tana uaua ki te tiki pikitia o ia me tana wahine i a raua i Uropi. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Hiroshi Ueda, e mau ana i tana tokotoko whakarei mo te tango i nga'selfie' i whakamanahia e ia i te 1983 i a ia e mahi ana mo Minolta. Whai muri i te tahae o tana kāmera e tētahi tamaiti i tono ia ki te tango i to rātau pikitia i te Whare Taonga o Louvre i Paris, ka moemoea ia ki tētahi otinga - he tokotoko e taea ana te whakawhānui me te kurupae toru i te pito. Ko te 'peke whakarei', i kiia e ia, i hangaia hei whakamahi me nga kaamera iti hou i hangaia i taua wa. Ahakoa he tirohanga whakamiharo, he haerenga ki tetahi tohu rongonui, he matakitaki ranei i tetahi konohete; ko te mea pea kua pakaru to tirohanga na te tokotoko selfie i te wa kotahi. Inaianei, ka tino kino pea te āhuatanga, nā te mea kua puta mai he kakau whakatupuranga hou e taea ana te hopu i tētahi papa, i tētahi waea pūkoro hoki. Ka taea e te pūrere te tango whakaahua i a rātau anō mā te whakamahi i tō rātou iPad, e whakarite ana ka taea e rātau te hopu i te pai rawa o te pīpī pīpī, o te ataata tīhi rānei i roto i ā rātau whakaahua. Kei te waatea te tokotoko nui i runga i te paetukutuku Accessory Geeks mo te $ 23 anake (£ 16), e kii ana ka tae mai pea ki tetahi huarahi tata ki a koe. I tāpirihia e ia he whakaata ki mua o te kāmera kia kite ai ngā kaitango whakaahua i tā rātou mahi. Ahakoa i whakamanahia i te tau 1983, kaore i angitu te tokotoko toronga - na te mea he kino te kounga o te whakaahua i hopukina e ia. Engari kaore i aukati i a Mr Ueda ki te whakariterite i tetahi pukaemi a te whanau o nga'selfie' a te whanau ma te whakamahi i tana taputapu. I a ia e korero ana ki te BBC, ka mea ia: 'Ko te whakaaro ki te tango whakaahua i a koe ano he mea hou i tera wa. 'Ko te whakaaro i muri i a ia ko te mea kaore au e hiahia ki te whakawhirinaki ki tetahi atu ki te tango whakaahua - -
I whakamanahia e Hiroshi Ueda te 'tohu whakarei' i te kamupene kāmera Minolta i te tau 1983. I puta ake i a ia te whakaaro i muri i te uaua ki te kimi i tētahi ki te tango pikitia o ia me tana wahine i a rātou e hararei ana i Uropi. I whakamahia he whakaata i mua o ngā kāmera iti hei āwhina i te kaitango whakaahua. Engari kāore i angitu te whakaaro ki te hokohoko, ā, ka mutu te mana ā-ture i te tau 2003.