Wednesday 17 February 2016

Media bout' the Media son.


In this photoset, photographer Antoine Geiger, tries to explain through photographs, the problems that come with owning a cell phone and how they steal our attention away from more of the real events in our lives. These surreal images show peoples faces being literally sucked into their screens bringing a creative look into the hypothetical effect our phones and other smart devices are having on us. In a way, these devices do suck us in.





For example in one of the photos there is a man and a woman standing in front of the Mona Lisa, a famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci and instead of admiring it in person, they're taking a selfie with it. you see photos of the Mona Lisa all the time, the real thing is an experience. They aren't really experiencing it because they are being sucked into their phone.
In another photo, you can see a group of people all sitting on a piece on furniture. all these people have something in common and its that they are all on their devices. not experiencing the museum they are in at all. 

I Agree with what the post is saying but only for these two photographs. You can see the full photoset here: Check it out bro. Anyways the other photos seem to show people on their phones but doing pretty regular things. I don't know if that has much of a negative effect because you're not missing out on anything special anyways. Unlike in these examples. If you're going to visit an art galley just to be on your phone then you should have just stayed home.




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