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The new family portrait? 3D-printed statue selfies

By Peter Svensson
Published October 9, 2014 5:22pm ET
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The new family portrait? 3D-printed statue selfies
In this Aug. 14, 2014 photo, a plastic bust statue of Kevin Micelli, center, and his family, made by a 3-D scanner and printer, sits on a shelf inside Micelli's coffee shop in New York. Micelli purchased the 3-D scanning and printing services at the Cubo toy store next door to his shop. With the old studio portrait supplanted by the selfie, 3-D scanning services provide a new reason for people to go to a store and stand stock-still in front of a camera. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) | Julie Jacobson

NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into Eddie DaRoza’s office and you’ll find two of him there: the actual 32-year-old video producer, and a 5-inch statuette of him.

“There are a lot of double takes. It’s like a little action figure of myself,” the Los Angeles native said.

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