Self-Absorption
“All social etiquette regarding the use of phones in
company seems to have disappeared. The device takes precedence over the person
that is present, and that felt wrong. It is a form of rejection and lowers the
self-worth of the person superseded for a device. I feel it also highlights a
growing sense of self-absorption in people as they would rather focus on their
world in their phone, rather than speak to the person they are with.”
—Babycakes
Romero, British photographer, on his new photo series, “The Death of
Conversation,” documenting obsessed smart phone users, “What your smartphone addiction actually looks like,” The Washington Post, October 2014. Image: Babycakes Romero
PeezPix by Ted Pease
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