The Death Of Conversation: I Photograph People Obsessed With Their Smartphones — boredpanda.com

I don’t have a problem with portable tech specifically, our devices facilitate our lives, but I believe it is making people seriously dull… I started to photograph people in company on their phones as there was a certain symmetry to them and it appealed on a visual level, but as I continued I noticed an inherent sadness to the proceedings. Before mobile phones were invented people would have had no choice but to interact, however, that is no longer necessary as we can all now “pretend’ we are doing something “important” on our devices rather than think of something to say. This is killing conversation. I believe it’s increasing social pain.

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