A photographer edits out smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world

[dalke]

Wouldn't it look similarly strange and lonely had it been books or magazines which were edited out? If so, is it really a new world?

[itsybitsycoder]

It would look strange and lonely if they shopped books into these photos where the smartphones used to be. Two of those pictures take place during a barbecue and one is at the dinner table. Before smartphones it was considered rude to do that.

[pavel_lishin]

It's not lonely. My wife and I look like that pictured couple. What are we doing? We're playing Scrabble with each other online. Or reading the news, which we then talk about.

[to3m]

I wonder if the kids were all playing a multiplayer game of Minecraft or something.

[blzaugg]

These are not edited out mobile device. These are posed shots with empty hands.