Photographs: Removed • Hacker News Board

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by HumanDrivenDev » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:34 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #5

dymk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you think the same of an art project that removed, say, watches from people's wrists as they check the time? Or maybe hammers from the hands from people working in construction?

No, because these things don’t isolate us from each other. You have a number of couples in the photographs that are close physically yet miles and miles apart.

Oh yes let's all remember 2005 when no one ever looked in the mirror and everyone in big city public transport held hands and sung folk songs on their morning commute.

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by matte_black » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:35 PM UTC

gibolt wrote: post #8

dymk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you think the same of an art project that removed, say, watches from people's wrists as they check the time? Or maybe hammers from the hands from people working in construction?

One that removes cars, airplanes, and horses would be great

It would be a cool web project to have photographs of scenes where you could dynamically choose what to remove from the scene.

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by dymk » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:37 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #5

dymk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you think the same of an art project that removed, say, watches from people's wrists as they check the time? Or maybe hammers from the hands from people working in construction?

No, because these things don’t isolate us from each other. You have a number of couples in the photographs that are close physically yet miles and miles apart.

Are you honestly saying that this (neat) art piece, which is of carefully curated shots taken over months, is general proof that phones are some fundamentally different mode of isolation, compared to any other tool that humans have had?

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Post by sand500 » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:37 PM UTC

ydnaclementine wrote: post #6

Pretty goofy looking without a cellphone There's one where the phone was covering a lady's face (USA set). I wonder how they did that. Photoshop must be magic

In his video he approaches people on the street and asks them to pose without the phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8TsV3IExYg

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by sand500 » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:39 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #4

habitue wrote: post #2

Aw jeez, this is really depressing

Would you think the same of an art project that removed, say, watches from people's wrists as they check the time? Or maybe hammers from the hands from people working in construction?

Would love to see this picture with the phones and cameras removed:

https://artsmetaphor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mona-Lis...

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:40 PM UTC

matte_black wrote: post #7

rwc wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, because these things don’t isolate us from each other. You have a number of couples in the photographs that are close physically yet miles and miles apart.

This is nothing new. Couples have been physically together yet miles apart way before phones came around, and still are.

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Post by l33tbro » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:43 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #13

rwc wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, because these things don’t isolate us from each other. You have a number of couples in the photographs that are close physically yet miles and miles apart.

Are you honestly saying that this (neat) art piece, which is of carefully curated shots taken over months, is general proof that phones are some fundamentally different mode of isolation, compared to any other tool that humans have had?

I would actually be interested to hear you explain why, in terms of social isolation, phones are not a fundamentally different mode of isolation than any other human tool.

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by 32bitkid » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:45 PM UTC

I get, and appreciate, where I feel the artist is going with this: a reflection on the loneliness epidemic and our relationship to technology. BUT I think one layer of meta out is just as creepy and weirdly out of context once you start erasing things. Namely the picture of the couple in bed is another level of creepy if there is some guy/girl hovering over them staring at them with a digitally-erased camera.

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

In a lot of these pictures, you could probably substitute a small paperback book. When I was growing up before cellphones, I knew a lot of people who would keep a small book with them that they would read in line or when at a a table.

Re: Photographs: Removed

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Post by csours » Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 8:48 PM UTC

I try not to complain about this, but something is super janky with the carousel. It feels like it loads 2 pictures ahead and doesn't let you show the next until the one after that is loaded.