Screen Captives: How Smartphones Are Transforming Our Relationship to Photography
We are at a concert. Thousands of people surge through the rows. We can barely see the stage as the crowd in front of us automatically raises its arms in unison, trying to capture every second of the performance in photos and videos—so they can later prove they were there. As artists and photography enthusiasts, we can clearly sense that smartphones have fundamentally changed our relationship with photography and images. While the negative aspects are almost self-evident, one question remains: Does this era also hold something positive?