The smarter our phones and tablets become, the more they become an integral part of our lives. Mobile devices serve us not only to communicate with colleagues, superiors or our loved ones, but they can also shorten a long time thanks to games, allow us to share our lives on social networks, or to be constantly up to date with what is happening in the world thanks to online news servers . Some of us have a hard time letting go of our phone. This was noticed not only by the American photographer Eric Pickersgill, who decided to create an author's photo project called Removed on this topic.
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For this project, Pickersgill took away the smartphones and tablets of people posing for photographs. The aim was to show what our lives – or rather the lives of the people in the photographs – would be like without the ubiquitous smart devices. ProThe project is intended to shock and "make you think". However, most reasonable people are certainly aware of the risk of addiction to mobile devices, know how to find alternative entertainment and certainly do not spend every free moment with a mobile phone or tablet in their hands. However, there are certainly those who Facebookoh, Candy Crush or WhatsApp they don't even strike a blow – and it is this phenomenon that Pickersgill takes aim at in his project. The sight of a person constantly staring at the screen of their mobile device can sometimes be disturbing.
But Eric Pickersgill captured people without their phones and mobiles in his photography project - and the result is even worse. In the pictures, we can see partners or family members who simply stare intently at the empty space between their palms, ignoring the person sitting right next to them. At first glance, we see common social situations - a barbecue with friends, a couple relaxing on the porch, or a family having price - but no one behaves socially in them. How pressing do you think the issue Pickersgill points out is? Do you also have trouble breaking away from your smartphones?
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This is a blast 🤘🏽
Anyone who still has a cell phone in their hand and Instagrams and does shit, gets a cock from me. And strangely enough, people started talking to me, but without a mobile phone in hand.
Tvl, is there anything you can't do, huh?
This photographer is really a genius, KoneI've finally found someone normal who sees life the way I see it. That's exactly how it works in today's world. When a friend comes over and she always has her phone in her hand, I always tell her if she came to see me or texted someone else on facebooku. Well, it's just incomprehensible to me. People are deprived of socialization and are replacing it with artificial devices, really sad.
Yes maxhe literally took the phones and forced them to pose alone :D
I haven't used my cell phone for about half a year now and I'm fine :) And when I want to read something, I read a book
So sure 😆
KoneI found an article that will make at least (some) people think about it... An awful lot of people can't find an alternative daily program where they can't use a device with a connection to social networks... If they were only used in case of serious need, I wouldn't see a problem with it. But when the doctor doesn't even make eye contact with friends or with his own family, but prefers to use a tablet or a mobile phone, then that's a serious problem