My young daughter, six year old Clara, saw me working on this shot yesterday and said in all serious after she found out it was me who took the photo, "Mom, were you being a spy?"
I just liked the looks of this, an adolescent girl sitting forlornly on a corner...in a hood (I like hoods). It was on the last day of school, first day of the kids summer. I was out camera in hand, waiting for my kids big dance off the school bus, and she was waiting for her sister.
She was really killing time on her phone. Surfing, texting, something. And I was killing time with my camera. Looking, enjoying the world around me, shooting.
I get annoyed at cell phones sometimes, how families sit around the dinner table and everyone is on a device. How couples are on a date and both are distracted and looking down. We are so disengaged with the world and so connected, yet not really, to our virtual worlds.
I just got a smart phone a month or so ago and spent the 10-15 minutes in a car line the other day, surfing, texting and whatever. As I sat there, I heard my name, saw a familiar face, waved and went right back to my screen. Sad. I've fallen victim to the screen, too.
Cool shot! Smartphones are addicting! We have a rule at our house, no phones, iPads, TV watching at the dinner table. Also, I don't get on it when I with my kids. I don't want to miss them growing up! ;-)
This is so clever! My 91 year old grandmother surfs the web on her smart phone. I wish my kids would call me instead of texting me. Same with my grandmother lol.
@pammerritt 91 year old grandmother texting and surfing the web. LOVE it...what a cool grandma. I don't mind it sometimes, but there should be a happy medium. I gotta say, I hate talking on the phone.
Super candid street shot, the girl and sign work in well together. I love my smartphone, so much quicker commenting than my tablet or laptop, and it anticipates what I want to say, too.....very clever 😁
I agree with you on smart/cell phones at the dinner table and eating at a restaurant. LOL.....I am so naive. I actually thought the street names were "dazed" and "confused." What a creative idea for a candid street shot! Love it.
Totally agree with you about phones...........it is so sad to see everyone more interested in what is happening in their virtual world that the person sat in front of them! Awesome shot of lassy sitting there pondering and love your edit of the street signs
Sadly enough many of our young people are at this intersection in their lives. With the state of affairs in the world and things not a whole lot brighter in the country that has always offered hope. . .
My wife and I agree with you 100% about cell phones. Americans, I know for sure, are losing the ability to communicate with one another in face to face conversations. Cell phones seem to be making us into recluses in the midst of crowds. You can't make eye contact with those who are staring at a screen. I don't know about the effect they are having in other nations? I have fallen into the trap as well. It is a tough one to break! Great social statement! Fav!
Great image and a tough subject...cell phones are debilitating by weakening the art of engaged conversation...I still have a flip phone :) because I am stubborn
That was clever putting the new words on the sign! This way to be confused! The other way to get dazed - hit by a lump of wood? There are some elderly people who live alone that I wish could use the computer or a smart phone - keep them in touch!
i hate cellphones, and all other phones. but irony is, i just got an iPhone today to upgrade my cellphone. upgrade as in i just want a good phone camera because last saturday i was once again told on the grounds of a museum that i cannot take photos around the property because i have a "professional" camera. but others were taking photos with their phones all over. so as much as i hate having an iPhone, i now own one. and i friggin' do not know how to use the bloody thing!
@summerfield Totally overwhelmed by much of my phone, but I did figure out the camera fast. It's just nice to have a good camera on you always. I getcha. It is nice to be able to check in and have internet access, but it can easily be abused.
This is the way it is today. I call it the silent world. So nice though to actually talk to friends like today on an actual land line. My cell phone spends a lot of time on its charger. There is a time and place for cell phones. I totally agree. FAV
@pammerritt Too funny about your grandmother. I hear you, it is nice to talk and glad my son calls about once a week and my friend called today to talk. Miss that a lot. And you would think we would have more time but we all seem to have less time.
Great street shot, sadly I heard on Sky News the other day that the majority of kids in their early-mid 20s have stopped going down the pub to drink they just stay home & use social media........now I'm not saying that drinking is good but it's sad to think that kids aren't socialising in person anymore but would rather do it over the Internet :(
Absolutely brilliant! And I can relate...did you see the cover of New Yorker this week? "Play Date" -- two little kids sitting with their backs to each other on their computers. Definitely getting to be a bigger issue these days.
My wife and I agree with you 100% about cell phones. Americans, I know for sure, are losing the ability to communicate with one another in face to face conversations. Cell phones seem to be making us into recluses in the midst of crowds. You can't make eye contact with those who are staring at a screen. I don't know about the effect they are having in other nations? I have fallen into the trap as well. It is a tough one to break! Great social statement! Fav!