May 10—Soubanh Phanthay, a Brewer city councilor and owner of Memorymaker Photography in Bangor, had long been brainstorming with other councilors and community members about how they could bring more arts and creative experiences to Brewer — especially ones that could inspire and entertain young people. Then, over the winter, an idea dawned on him.
“I love photography, obviously. And everybody has a camera on their phone. Everyone wants to take pictures, selfies or otherwise,” Phanthay said. “When I heard about the whole concept of a selfie museum, it clicked for me. It was just the right thing. It was like, ‘I’m going to bring this to Brewer.'”
A selfie museum is an art gallery filled with installations that offer multiple unique settings for visitors to pose in front of and take photos to post on social media or send to people. There are a handful of other selfie museums around…
