Removed by Eric Pickersgill

Stunning images by US photographer Eric Pickersgill reveal how addicted most of us are to their electronic devices. By removing these from the pictures, people staring blankly at their empty hands — at the spot where a cell phone would be. How digitally connected but actually lonely at the same time.

Pickersgill remarks:

“The large format portraits are of individuals who appear to be holding personal devices although the devices have been physically removed from the sitter’s hand. They are asked to hold their stare and posture as I remove their device and then I make the exposure. The photographs represent reenactments of scenes that I experience daily. We have learned to read the expression of the body while someone is consuming a device and when those signifiers are activated it is as if the device can be seen taking physical form without the object being present.”

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Link to "Removed" by Eric Pickersgill:
http://www.removed.social/about/