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Removed: Photographer Removes Phones From His Photos To Show How Terribly Addicted We’ve Become
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Removed: Photographer Removes Phones From His Photos To Show How Terribly Addicted We’ve Become

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American photographer Eric Pickersgill photoshopped away the smartphones and digital devices from his portraits of everyday life. The project “Removed” aims to show our addiction to modern technology, social media, and hyper-connectivity. Pickersgill knows that he’s also amongst the addicted.

The photographer was inspired by a chance encounter in a New York cafe. “Family sitting next to me at Illium café in Troy, NY is so disconnected from one another,” Pickersgill writes in his notes from that day. “Not much talking. Father and two daughters have their phones out. Mom doesn’t have one or chooses to leave it put away. She stares out the window, sad and alone in the company of her closest family. Dad looks up every so often to announce some obscure piece of info he found online.”

He achieved the surreal effect in his photography art by asking strangers and friends to remain in position, taking the shot and then removing the devices in final photoshopped pictures.

Scroll down to check the eye-opening photos on social media addiction below.

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The project inspiration came from a chance encounter in a NYC cafe

“Family sitting next to me at Illium café in Troy, NY [was] so disconnected from one another”

“Not much talking. Father and two daughters have their own phones out”

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“Mom doesn’t have one or chooses to leave it put away”

“She stares out the window, sad and alone in the company of her closest family”

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“Dad looks up every so often to announce some obscure piece of info he found online”

“Despite the obvious benefits that these advances in technology have contributed to society, the social and physical implications are slowly revealing themselves”

“In similar ways that photography transformed the lived experience into the photographable, performable, and reproducible experience…”

“…personal devices are shifting behaviors while simultaneously blending into the landscape by taking form as being one with the body”

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“This phantom limb is used as a way of signaling busyness and unapproachability to strangers while existing as an addictive force that promotes the splitting of attention between those who are physically with you and those who are not”

“I’m not attempting to tell others what to do with their time, I’m just hopefully offering up a moment of realization”

“I just personally need the reminder to put it down because it is an addiction”

Thank you Eric Pickersgill for the interview!

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Murpy
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of Wall E. Soon we'll make some technology that does everything for us, and slowly our physical health will decline.

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AndrewMcFain
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, f**k off, you pretentious dimwit. Just because you took a bunch of black and white pictures of people looking disappointed by their hands doesn't make everyone into desocialized zombies. Most of the mindless fuckwits praising this c**p are blissfully unaware of the beautiful irony in a wannabe viral "art project" being concerned about people focusing too much on Buzzfeed articles and not enough on talking to each other about how boring life is. Instead of staring at the newspaper, the radio, or the TV, everyone is staring at their phones. This is not a new "problem," we just have more avenues with which to share uncreative hipster photo galleries of it, now.

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M Honi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rather look at this from a different angle. smartphones are an extension of our being, they make us smarter and able to access information much faster. they improve the economy and potentially have a hidden helping hand toward the advancement of human scientific endeavors. in the near future we will most likely have implants coupled with a retina lens in our eyes to make our brains and minds thousands of times smarter and faster at processing information. I see this as another evolutionary step toward an exciting future for humans. many people don't share this belief but I am in line with elon musk in that fact that smartphones are an extension of our intelligence not a "digital leech" not an "addictive device" but rather an augmentation of what we are capable of. with that said it's always wrong to distract your attention from your loved ones. this goes for "reading books" " reading news papers" "solving puzzles" and talking on the phones for hours. balance is key.

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BethCutting
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I often read research papers on my phone and I'm getting sick of people negatively judging our devices without knowing how we are using them... You could remove books from images and get the same effect

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KevinKasablancas
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

exactly. if they were books instead of phones no one would bat an eye but because it's a phone all the sudden you're a zombie. news flash i read books on my phone to save paper!

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LindLTaylorX
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a flip phone that texts and makes calls. Got rid of my Nexus 4 last year. Best decision I ever made.

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SimonBoardman
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Terrible"...everyone universally commented on their phones...then went straight on to the next tweet/post/email/video/newsfeed/blog

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JoAldridge
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I put my phone away around others, for me it's a solitary activity for the most part. These pictures are really sad..

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DariaB
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally somebody who distinguishes when's the appropriate situation to use phones and that there is such a thing (as "appropriate phone use") at all!

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AJITSRIV
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For the modern man mobiles are the opiates which keep us intoxicated...but also keep us informed.

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Simon Rosenkilde
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then, suddenly, there was people. These things are black holes in our everyday life.. And what's more concerning, noone cared; We die, because mankind, were idiots.

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Bob Beaudreault
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

St Peter walks up to God one day and asks. "What has been going on down on earth lately?" Gad asks "what do you mean?" St Peter tells him that "Seems everybody that comes up here in the last 20 years just walks around staring at the palm of their hand like they think they lost it?"

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Betty Hart
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Terrible. Thing this is true when i go out on a date with my guy i leave my phone in car so we can devote all our time to each other .....

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GlynisLailann
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The art of conversation is slowly dying. When one tries to have a conversation with most people nowadays, their grammar is all wrong.

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DanielWintermeyer
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to take over a society I would give a majority of people smart phones and load them with social apps and game apps and get them so completely addicted that they would not even see the take over coming, mean while telling them that all is well on their phones and by the time they figured something was wrong it would be too late to do anything about it,, sound familiar?

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JacobLandry
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The smartphone is an absolutely incredible piece of technology. If he doesn't want to embrace that he doesn't have to, but shaming people who do is getting out of hand.

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Summer Starr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes because two-year-old sitting on a tablet rather than playing with other children is awesome! Yes children coming down with type two diabetes at 3 to 5 years old because the only thing they’ve ever done is sit on their a*s in the living room with their parents and played on their tablet! It’s incredible that’s for sure but not in the way you believe !

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MelanieInfinity
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so incredibly thankful for my phone and tge opportunities it gives me. I live across the country from my family. Thanks to the phone in my hand, I am able to face time with my parents and my children. I may look zoned out with my face in my phone but in fact, I'm zoned IN.

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BrianLevine
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a caption error. One caption says "The project inspiration came from a chance encounter in a NYC cafe." The article clearly says that it was a cafe in Troy, NY. Troy is not NYC.

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BrittanyToussaint
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Troy, NY is not in NYC. It's upstate only about 15 minutes from Albany.

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RandomPanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a minor addiction, but if someone tells me to get off my phone, I do, or if I have company, it stays put away under my pillow. Can't say the same for a few friends of mine.

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Sariq Ahmed
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's kind of ironic typing a comment here from my phone.......

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Susanne B
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These pictures show up what is happening, when people cannot put away their phones even while doing something important. Imagine those at the grill not seing, that it is about to tumble and spill glowing coals onto the grass or their feet?

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jackie mendoza
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO SAD what has happened to our fellow humans...this is what disconnects us and makes us less compassionate towards others

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Paarth sharma
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree and disagree at the same time. I kinda stand in the middle of this argument.But it will sure be interesting to live in a world without phones and technology.

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Kimberly Hawkins
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the same as books or newspapers or even tv! Nine times out of ten the person on the phone is texting someone else and not looking things up. The person on the phone makes a choice about who they want to talk to and most of the time it's not the person in front of them! Books cannot interact. So, the book argument is meaningless. Most of us have been taught that it is rude to interrupt people when they are talking to someone, so I will stop talking as soon as the other person starts texting. I hate it and I think that the texter is telling the live person that they are S**T and do not matter.

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M Honi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rather look at this from a different angle. smartphones are an extension of our being, they make us smarter and able to access information much faster. they improve the economy and potentially have a hidden helping hand toward the advancement of human scientific endeavors. in the near future we will most likely have implants coupled with a retina lens in our eyes to make our brains and minds thousands of times smarter and faster at processing information. I see this as another evolutionary step toward an exciting future for humans. many people don't share this belief but I am in line with elon musk in that fact that smartphones are an extension of our intelligence not a "digital leech" not an "addictive device" but rather an augmentation of what we are capable of. with that said it's always wrong to distract your attention from your loved ones. this goes for "reading books" " reading news papers" "solving puzzles" and talking on the phones for hours. balance is key.

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Radar Detector
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great post!!! I appreciate to you nice define the topic. https://bestradardetector.co/

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Heather Kell
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember an old lady telling me once that television had ruined everything. People were not talking anymore, they were sitting around watching television. Is this any different? I guess so, as we couldn't drag our televisions around with us!! it is the escape from reality from believing that what you are actually doing in the real world can be BETTER than what the alternate reality can offer you

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Julie “Yoga Wife”
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is eye-opening! I wrote a blog about the use of smart phone killing relationships and cited this post as reference. Check it out http://yogawifehealthylife.com/2017/02/19/smart-phones-are-they-killing-relationships/

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Carolina Sander
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is crazy really. Hars but true. It is such a great challenge how to go back to being simple and plain. By the way, this is the new fake ultrasound design from fakeababy. This is the funniest stuff I ever had and it is just so funny that it can blow your laugh away. Best for gags also.

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THE SLAVE PREACHER
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "Alone Together" Phenomenon. Everyday that I ride the train through Berlin, I count how many people are staring into their devices. Sadly it's most people. You're probably reading my comment from one right now.

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Toni Kerr
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still don't have a phone, and at times, I feel incredibly disconnected with what's going on in the world. Good and bad.

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FlorianAusgedacht
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey I found an app on the internet which you can use to remind a person to "get of the phone". It's called LookUpster!!

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AddisonWitt
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And we are all looking at our phones to view this article...

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DanielWintermeyer
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to take over a society I would give a majority of people smart phones and load them with social apps and game apps and get them so completely addicted that they would not even see the take over coming, mean while telling them that all is well on their phones and by the time they figured something was wrong it would be too late to do anything about it,, sound familiar?

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CosmoSoave-Smith
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those interested in the truth will click here: http://imgur.com/a/ZV1fX

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BarneyAllen
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a load of contrived bollocks. Put a book where the phone had been and would you say we're all addicted to reading? Would we be so "disconnected" if the subjects were reading books instead of communicating with others on phones? Photographically the images are very poor too. Utter shite.

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DavidBallard
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now do the same with a couple of decades ago and remove books and newspapers. Similarities?

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HannahCrow
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rather ironic that the majority of people are probably viewing these images, and commenting about how terrible it is, using a mobile device...

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MichelleCourtney
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dialogue doesn't match the pictures....leaves me a bit confused but great work nevertheless!

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DebbieBoram
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad my daughter texts me that I suck at owning a cell phone.

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DebbieBoram
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am glad my daughter texts me how much I suck at owning a phone.

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OscarHernanJaureguiCortez
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wao! It really looks so sad. How just simple device in the picture can transform the entire meaning. I remember back in the day while practicing Photoshop, we sd to remove one person from the picture. It was amazing to see how the meaning of the picture it was still remaining. But here, looks ver incomplete and pretty sad.

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PeterLedoux
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bought my first smart phone about a year ago. I lost it and got a better one. I use it many to listen to I heart radio as I travel around in my wheelchair. Once in a while I send a text. Maybe one or two a week. I don't live with it in my face. People will stop talking to each other soon I guess'

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DonGuild
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The use of cell phones is causing us to lose our real ability to communicate in person, We are loosing our social ability, we are even loosing our writing skills. Everything is now done in the shortest form possible. Parents and children pay less attention to one another, I wonder how many families site together at dinner time and talk to one another. I am also guilty of this disconnect, however if I am in the company of friends , I never take out my cell phone unless it rings. It may not been seen as a problem right now, but I wonder how many vehicle accidents have occurred because of cell phone use. These photographs show how disconnected to one another we are. The husband and wife with one another in bed, both on cell phones, saddens me greatly . I encourage everyone to use this technology. minimize its use.

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Sonia.Alexandra
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, nowadays, people are so disconnected. Only we can reconnect with others, if we realize that is wrong to live through our smartphones. Also, great work :)

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DavidHerz
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reminds me of the Procol Harum lyric: God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen!, they must have seen it coming, though screen size has shrunk dramatically

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RodParham
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just think this is brilliant. No-one wants to talk any more. Plastic Brains I call them. Rod

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MichelleMalia
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree that there is a massive disconnect between folks these days in large part due to technological advances, I think it would have been more profound if these were photos of people ACTUALLY on their phones/iPads with the device photoshopped out. These staged photos looked just that, staged.

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AnandaRay
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, now, let's place books in the empty hands of the people in the pics and see what reactions that elicits.

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AnandaRay
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, if we now place books in the empty hands, would that change anything?

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IllumationErwinus
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "constantly watching your hand if it's still there" generation ;-)

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IllumationErwinus
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "constantly looking at your hand if it's still there" generation ;-)

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RoyMathiew
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hilarious! What an insane race humans are. It's a global thing so no one can deny that. :)

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PennyJames
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad, and I see this every day. People don't know how to connect to each other on a personal level anymore.

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SharonMoran
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jury pool Tuesday 90% of them on their devices, we used to talk to each other

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JNovak
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now do the same thing with books, magazines, and newspapers from photos 20 years ago.

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TerriGold
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes a sad statement but if I weren't connected, I wouldn't see this.

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ChrisDolan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks very fake, any chance we can see the originals before "edits" were made. It still conveys a strong message though, and if I am wrong about it being fake then wow, I tip my hat to the Photoshop artist!

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Martin
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these pictures were posed for, without a cellphone in their hands... pretentious at its best

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MelissaP
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is paints the picture of reality. I love it! Thank you!!

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CoryOsborn
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could do the same thing with newspapers, books, food, etc. We simply worry too damn much about technology.

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KathleenKennedy
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they were books they would be praised. And who's to say they are not studying something valuable?

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BrittanyToussaint
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Troy, NY is not in NYC. It is uptate, 15 minutes from Albany. No where near the City, get your facts straight.

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RiikkaAlatalo
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks way too creepy! I'm happy that my phone isn't taking my time like that, but it makes me notice how much other people use phones while I'm with them... :(

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darkphoenix
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, I can relate, my parents and brother are always on their phones, I dont have one, so I am normally reading and not conversing with them.

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ɾıchCuɾtıs
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kinda b******t as half of those photos/ situations could easily have a book, magazine, newspaper in place of the "phone" or "tablet"... Just like it was decades ago ;)

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RySadi
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly the reason why I never bought a smartphone. A regular cell phone is good enough for me.

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EmmaJansen
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am in no way an advocate for using smartphones to such an extend, but to be fair: if you put books in everybody's hands, generally people wouldn't see any problem - perhaps even praise the activity.

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Snarkygal
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, you meant to say to "such an extent". Secondly, I think if people had their heads in books like they have their eyes on smartphones, there would be the same problem - social disconnect. And it is a problem.

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AndrewPotash
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This relates to the research I'm doing for my doctoral dissertation. If anyone has 15 minutes to kill, is aged 25-40, and owns a smartphone, I'd greatly appreciate if you'd take my survey (you might win an Amazon gift card)! It's at www.surveymonkey.com/r/smartphonecarlow Thanks for considering!

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EmilioMasforrollJr.
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it ain't all bad they say our human brain is always thinking it can't be still for one second. Imagine if we be talking or saying how we feel or what we have in our minds to friends and family we drive them crazy lol. So the internet phone technology is maybe a mind reliever?? But by all means we should still communicate with others cause it is healthy .

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BrianBoydston
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thought provoking work! You should now photoshop books into everyone's hands to change our perspective of the photos again

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KevinHet
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would like to see the pics of ppl that don't want to have small talk at all times like me. all my life i say very little in doing to when I talk it matters. All I see is a bunch of social situations were using the phone would be acceptable.

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BrianBoydston
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea for a shoot, now you should photoshop books into everyone's hands to completely change our perspective of the photos again

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LisaJones
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But if you replaced the phones with books, magazines or newspapers no one would think to comment, even though quite often people are reading digital versions of these things

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CălinLucaci
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How perverse is this? To realize what a s****y society we became trough www on your smartphone.

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IziRafols
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic photo series! It reflects the deterioration of actual human interaction so perfectly.

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DariaB
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All this smart phone distancing people criticism reminds me of the same kind of criticisms about TV back in the 1990's. What's next?

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Lesley James-Krauss
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet you upload these photos so that those with smartphones can go to Facebook to look at them... isn't that a little hypocritical?

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MarceloDelgado
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If by "we" you mean you. Then yes you guys are addicted as f**k.

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echo1094
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you people are idiots. durr hurr technology is evil, fire is scary and thomas edison was a witch.

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AlexandraButanescu
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not so dramatic, put some color and some smiles (when you see a Facebook picture or something) and you will see that the pictures actually look nice...there are waaaay worse things in life than mobile phones, come on...

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Murpy
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of Wall E. Soon we'll make some technology that does everything for us, and slowly our physical health will decline.

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AndrewMcFain
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, f**k off, you pretentious dimwit. Just because you took a bunch of black and white pictures of people looking disappointed by their hands doesn't make everyone into desocialized zombies. Most of the mindless fuckwits praising this c**p are blissfully unaware of the beautiful irony in a wannabe viral "art project" being concerned about people focusing too much on Buzzfeed articles and not enough on talking to each other about how boring life is. Instead of staring at the newspaper, the radio, or the TV, everyone is staring at their phones. This is not a new "problem," we just have more avenues with which to share uncreative hipster photo galleries of it, now.

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M Honi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rather look at this from a different angle. smartphones are an extension of our being, they make us smarter and able to access information much faster. they improve the economy and potentially have a hidden helping hand toward the advancement of human scientific endeavors. in the near future we will most likely have implants coupled with a retina lens in our eyes to make our brains and minds thousands of times smarter and faster at processing information. I see this as another evolutionary step toward an exciting future for humans. many people don't share this belief but I am in line with elon musk in that fact that smartphones are an extension of our intelligence not a "digital leech" not an "addictive device" but rather an augmentation of what we are capable of. with that said it's always wrong to distract your attention from your loved ones. this goes for "reading books" " reading news papers" "solving puzzles" and talking on the phones for hours. balance is key.

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BethCutting
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I often read research papers on my phone and I'm getting sick of people negatively judging our devices without knowing how we are using them... You could remove books from images and get the same effect

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KevinKasablancas
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

exactly. if they were books instead of phones no one would bat an eye but because it's a phone all the sudden you're a zombie. news flash i read books on my phone to save paper!

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LindLTaylorX
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a flip phone that texts and makes calls. Got rid of my Nexus 4 last year. Best decision I ever made.

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SimonBoardman
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Terrible"...everyone universally commented on their phones...then went straight on to the next tweet/post/email/video/newsfeed/blog

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JoAldridge
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I put my phone away around others, for me it's a solitary activity for the most part. These pictures are really sad..

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DariaB
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Finally somebody who distinguishes when's the appropriate situation to use phones and that there is such a thing (as "appropriate phone use") at all!

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AJITSRIV
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For the modern man mobiles are the opiates which keep us intoxicated...but also keep us informed.

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Simon Rosenkilde
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then, suddenly, there was people. These things are black holes in our everyday life.. And what's more concerning, noone cared; We die, because mankind, were idiots.

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Bob Beaudreault
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

St Peter walks up to God one day and asks. "What has been going on down on earth lately?" Gad asks "what do you mean?" St Peter tells him that "Seems everybody that comes up here in the last 20 years just walks around staring at the palm of their hand like they think they lost it?"

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Betty Hart
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Terrible. Thing this is true when i go out on a date with my guy i leave my phone in car so we can devote all our time to each other .....

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GlynisLailann
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The art of conversation is slowly dying. When one tries to have a conversation with most people nowadays, their grammar is all wrong.

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DanielWintermeyer
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to take over a society I would give a majority of people smart phones and load them with social apps and game apps and get them so completely addicted that they would not even see the take over coming, mean while telling them that all is well on their phones and by the time they figured something was wrong it would be too late to do anything about it,, sound familiar?

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JacobLandry
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The smartphone is an absolutely incredible piece of technology. If he doesn't want to embrace that he doesn't have to, but shaming people who do is getting out of hand.

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Summer Starr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes because two-year-old sitting on a tablet rather than playing with other children is awesome! Yes children coming down with type two diabetes at 3 to 5 years old because the only thing they’ve ever done is sit on their a*s in the living room with their parents and played on their tablet! It’s incredible that’s for sure but not in the way you believe !

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MelanieInfinity
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so incredibly thankful for my phone and tge opportunities it gives me. I live across the country from my family. Thanks to the phone in my hand, I am able to face time with my parents and my children. I may look zoned out with my face in my phone but in fact, I'm zoned IN.

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BrianLevine
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a caption error. One caption says "The project inspiration came from a chance encounter in a NYC cafe." The article clearly says that it was a cafe in Troy, NY. Troy is not NYC.

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BrittanyToussaint
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Troy, NY is not in NYC. It's upstate only about 15 minutes from Albany.

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RandomPanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a minor addiction, but if someone tells me to get off my phone, I do, or if I have company, it stays put away under my pillow. Can't say the same for a few friends of mine.

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Sariq Ahmed
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's kind of ironic typing a comment here from my phone.......

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Susanne B
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These pictures show up what is happening, when people cannot put away their phones even while doing something important. Imagine those at the grill not seing, that it is about to tumble and spill glowing coals onto the grass or their feet?

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jackie mendoza
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO SAD what has happened to our fellow humans...this is what disconnects us and makes us less compassionate towards others

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Paarth sharma
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree and disagree at the same time. I kinda stand in the middle of this argument.But it will sure be interesting to live in a world without phones and technology.

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Kimberly Hawkins
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the same as books or newspapers or even tv! Nine times out of ten the person on the phone is texting someone else and not looking things up. The person on the phone makes a choice about who they want to talk to and most of the time it's not the person in front of them! Books cannot interact. So, the book argument is meaningless. Most of us have been taught that it is rude to interrupt people when they are talking to someone, so I will stop talking as soon as the other person starts texting. I hate it and I think that the texter is telling the live person that they are S**T and do not matter.

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M Honi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rather look at this from a different angle. smartphones are an extension of our being, they make us smarter and able to access information much faster. they improve the economy and potentially have a hidden helping hand toward the advancement of human scientific endeavors. in the near future we will most likely have implants coupled with a retina lens in our eyes to make our brains and minds thousands of times smarter and faster at processing information. I see this as another evolutionary step toward an exciting future for humans. many people don't share this belief but I am in line with elon musk in that fact that smartphones are an extension of our intelligence not a "digital leech" not an "addictive device" but rather an augmentation of what we are capable of. with that said it's always wrong to distract your attention from your loved ones. this goes for "reading books" " reading news papers" "solving puzzles" and talking on the phones for hours. balance is key.

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Radar Detector
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great post!!! I appreciate to you nice define the topic. https://bestradardetector.co/

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Heather Kell
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember an old lady telling me once that television had ruined everything. People were not talking anymore, they were sitting around watching television. Is this any different? I guess so, as we couldn't drag our televisions around with us!! it is the escape from reality from believing that what you are actually doing in the real world can be BETTER than what the alternate reality can offer you

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Julie “Yoga Wife”
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is eye-opening! I wrote a blog about the use of smart phone killing relationships and cited this post as reference. Check it out http://yogawifehealthylife.com/2017/02/19/smart-phones-are-they-killing-relationships/

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Carolina Sander
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is crazy really. Hars but true. It is such a great challenge how to go back to being simple and plain. By the way, this is the new fake ultrasound design from fakeababy. This is the funniest stuff I ever had and it is just so funny that it can blow your laugh away. Best for gags also.

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THE SLAVE PREACHER
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "Alone Together" Phenomenon. Everyday that I ride the train through Berlin, I count how many people are staring into their devices. Sadly it's most people. You're probably reading my comment from one right now.

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Toni Kerr
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still don't have a phone, and at times, I feel incredibly disconnected with what's going on in the world. Good and bad.

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FlorianAusgedacht
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey I found an app on the internet which you can use to remind a person to "get of the phone". It's called LookUpster!!

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AddisonWitt
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And we are all looking at our phones to view this article...

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DanielWintermeyer
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to take over a society I would give a majority of people smart phones and load them with social apps and game apps and get them so completely addicted that they would not even see the take over coming, mean while telling them that all is well on their phones and by the time they figured something was wrong it would be too late to do anything about it,, sound familiar?

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CosmoSoave-Smith
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those interested in the truth will click here: http://imgur.com/a/ZV1fX

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BarneyAllen
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a load of contrived bollocks. Put a book where the phone had been and would you say we're all addicted to reading? Would we be so "disconnected" if the subjects were reading books instead of communicating with others on phones? Photographically the images are very poor too. Utter shite.

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DavidBallard
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now do the same with a couple of decades ago and remove books and newspapers. Similarities?

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HannahCrow
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rather ironic that the majority of people are probably viewing these images, and commenting about how terrible it is, using a mobile device...

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MichelleCourtney
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dialogue doesn't match the pictures....leaves me a bit confused but great work nevertheless!

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DebbieBoram
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad my daughter texts me that I suck at owning a cell phone.

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DebbieBoram
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am glad my daughter texts me how much I suck at owning a phone.

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OscarHernanJaureguiCortez
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wao! It really looks so sad. How just simple device in the picture can transform the entire meaning. I remember back in the day while practicing Photoshop, we sd to remove one person from the picture. It was amazing to see how the meaning of the picture it was still remaining. But here, looks ver incomplete and pretty sad.

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PeterLedoux
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bought my first smart phone about a year ago. I lost it and got a better one. I use it many to listen to I heart radio as I travel around in my wheelchair. Once in a while I send a text. Maybe one or two a week. I don't live with it in my face. People will stop talking to each other soon I guess'

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DonGuild
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The use of cell phones is causing us to lose our real ability to communicate in person, We are loosing our social ability, we are even loosing our writing skills. Everything is now done in the shortest form possible. Parents and children pay less attention to one another, I wonder how many families site together at dinner time and talk to one another. I am also guilty of this disconnect, however if I am in the company of friends , I never take out my cell phone unless it rings. It may not been seen as a problem right now, but I wonder how many vehicle accidents have occurred because of cell phone use. These photographs show how disconnected to one another we are. The husband and wife with one another in bed, both on cell phones, saddens me greatly . I encourage everyone to use this technology. minimize its use.

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Sonia.Alexandra
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, nowadays, people are so disconnected. Only we can reconnect with others, if we realize that is wrong to live through our smartphones. Also, great work :)

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DavidHerz
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reminds me of the Procol Harum lyric: God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen!, they must have seen it coming, though screen size has shrunk dramatically

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RodParham
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just think this is brilliant. No-one wants to talk any more. Plastic Brains I call them. Rod

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MichelleMalia
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree that there is a massive disconnect between folks these days in large part due to technological advances, I think it would have been more profound if these were photos of people ACTUALLY on their phones/iPads with the device photoshopped out. These staged photos looked just that, staged.

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AnandaRay
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, now, let's place books in the empty hands of the people in the pics and see what reactions that elicits.

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AnandaRay
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, if we now place books in the empty hands, would that change anything?

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IllumationErwinus
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "constantly watching your hand if it's still there" generation ;-)

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IllumationErwinus
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "constantly looking at your hand if it's still there" generation ;-)

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RoyMathiew
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hilarious! What an insane race humans are. It's a global thing so no one can deny that. :)

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PennyJames
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad, and I see this every day. People don't know how to connect to each other on a personal level anymore.

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SharonMoran
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jury pool Tuesday 90% of them on their devices, we used to talk to each other

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JNovak
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now do the same thing with books, magazines, and newspapers from photos 20 years ago.

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TerriGold
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes a sad statement but if I weren't connected, I wouldn't see this.

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ChrisDolan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks very fake, any chance we can see the originals before "edits" were made. It still conveys a strong message though, and if I am wrong about it being fake then wow, I tip my hat to the Photoshop artist!

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Martin
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these pictures were posed for, without a cellphone in their hands... pretentious at its best

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MelissaP
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is paints the picture of reality. I love it! Thank you!!

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CoryOsborn
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could do the same thing with newspapers, books, food, etc. We simply worry too damn much about technology.

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KathleenKennedy
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they were books they would be praised. And who's to say they are not studying something valuable?

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BrittanyToussaint
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Troy, NY is not in NYC. It is uptate, 15 minutes from Albany. No where near the City, get your facts straight.

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RiikkaAlatalo
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This looks way too creepy! I'm happy that my phone isn't taking my time like that, but it makes me notice how much other people use phones while I'm with them... :(

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darkphoenix
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well, I can relate, my parents and brother are always on their phones, I dont have one, so I am normally reading and not conversing with them.

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ɾıchCuɾtıs
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kinda b******t as half of those photos/ situations could easily have a book, magazine, newspaper in place of the "phone" or "tablet"... Just like it was decades ago ;)

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RySadi
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly the reason why I never bought a smartphone. A regular cell phone is good enough for me.

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EmmaJansen
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am in no way an advocate for using smartphones to such an extend, but to be fair: if you put books in everybody's hands, generally people wouldn't see any problem - perhaps even praise the activity.

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Snarkygal
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, you meant to say to "such an extent". Secondly, I think if people had their heads in books like they have their eyes on smartphones, there would be the same problem - social disconnect. And it is a problem.

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AndrewPotash
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This relates to the research I'm doing for my doctoral dissertation. If anyone has 15 minutes to kill, is aged 25-40, and owns a smartphone, I'd greatly appreciate if you'd take my survey (you might win an Amazon gift card)! It's at www.surveymonkey.com/r/smartphonecarlow Thanks for considering!

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EmilioMasforrollJr.
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it ain't all bad they say our human brain is always thinking it can't be still for one second. Imagine if we be talking or saying how we feel or what we have in our minds to friends and family we drive them crazy lol. So the internet phone technology is maybe a mind reliever?? But by all means we should still communicate with others cause it is healthy .

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BrianBoydston
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thought provoking work! You should now photoshop books into everyone's hands to change our perspective of the photos again

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KevinHet
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would like to see the pics of ppl that don't want to have small talk at all times like me. all my life i say very little in doing to when I talk it matters. All I see is a bunch of social situations were using the phone would be acceptable.

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BrianBoydston
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea for a shoot, now you should photoshop books into everyone's hands to completely change our perspective of the photos again

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LisaJones
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But if you replaced the phones with books, magazines or newspapers no one would think to comment, even though quite often people are reading digital versions of these things

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CălinLucaci
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How perverse is this? To realize what a s****y society we became trough www on your smartphone.

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IziRafols
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic photo series! It reflects the deterioration of actual human interaction so perfectly.

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DariaB
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All this smart phone distancing people criticism reminds me of the same kind of criticisms about TV back in the 1990's. What's next?

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Lesley James-Krauss
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet you upload these photos so that those with smartphones can go to Facebook to look at them... isn't that a little hypocritical?

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MarceloDelgado
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If by "we" you mean you. Then yes you guys are addicted as f**k.

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echo1094
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you people are idiots. durr hurr technology is evil, fire is scary and thomas edison was a witch.

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AlexandraButanescu
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not so dramatic, put some color and some smiles (when you see a Facebook picture or something) and you will see that the pictures actually look nice...there are waaaay worse things in life than mobile phones, come on...

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