Yes, interesting....and sad...
Thanks for posting
Provocative! Talk about a photo telling a story...
Click to the photographer's site where he says, "The large format portraits are of individuals who appear to be holding personal devices although the devices have been physically removed from the sitter’s hand. They are asked to hold their stare and posture as I remove their device and then I make the exposure. The photographs represent reenactments of scenes that I experience daily. We have learned to read the expression of the body while someone is consuming a device and when those signifiers are activated it is as if the device can be seen taking physical form without the object being present.."
Great series, thanks for shating.
dancers
Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia
it must help keep the population down!
Brilliant.
The power of photography.
Powerful series and commentary on our culture.
yssirk123 wrote:
Powerful series and commentary on our culture.
Yes. How often do you go out to eat and see people at an adjacent table where most, or all, are looking at their phones instead of each other. There is an appropriate place and time for the use of technology, and there is an appropriate place and time for fellowship and interaction with family and friends. Yes, it is a commentary. A sad one.
Sad, just sad. I have flip-phone circa 2006, that is never turned on. I still have to drag out the instruction book to figure out how to retrieve messages, if there are any. Most people who have my number know better than to leave a message as it might be 6 months before it is retrieved. It is only for emergencies. It never worked in the mountains of VT where I used to live. I just pray that there will be service wherever I might need it on a back road or highway. I try to remember to make sure the battery is charged. Obviously, I've come kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.
Linda From Maine wrote:
Provocative! Talk about a photo telling a story...
Click to the photographer's site where he says, "The large format portraits are of individuals who appear to be holding personal devices although the devices have been physically removed from the sitter’s hand. They are asked to hold their stare and posture as I remove their device and then I make the exposure. The photographs represent reenactments of scenes that I experience daily. We have learned to read the expression of the body while someone is consuming a device and when those signifiers are activated it is as if the device can be seen taking physical form without the object being present.."
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And it used to be you worried if you encountered someone walking alone, talking and gesturing. Perhaps even move to the other side of the street. Now? Assume they are just on their cell phone.
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