American photographer Eric Pickersgill removed the smartphones and digital devices from his portraits of everyday life. The project “Removed” aims to show our addiction to technology and hyper-connectivity, and 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 own 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.”
Click on this link to see more photos from Eric Pinkersgill's project called, "Removed".
We were at Eliza's a few months ago, and I thought I'd go in the living room to visit - her inlaws were there too - so I put my phone and iPad away - and everyone was on some kind of device! I sort of guffawed and pointed out the obvious - and then most everyone put their devices away and started talking - but a couple of them kept them handy - and I like the line about offering up obscure bits of info from the internet - because that is exactly what happened!
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