Eric pickersgill

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In the photo series "Removed," artist and photographer Eric Pickersgill shows how we look with our smartphones each day, but without the phone in hand.

The photographer was inspired by a chance encounter in a New York. “Family sitting next to me at Illium café in Troy, NY is so disconnected from one another,” Pickersgill writes in his notes from that day. “Not much talking. Father and two daughters have their own phones out. Mom doesn’t have one or chooses to leave it put away. She stares out the window, sad and alone in the company of her closest family. Dad looks up every so often to announce some obscure piece of info he found online.”

Removed is a photographic series that explores the way personal devices play a role in society, relationships, and the body. Artist Eric Pickersgill physically removes screens from the hands of his subjects. The resulting images cause the viewer to question their own relationship to technology. Removed has been exhibited and published globally. Editioned prints available via Rick Wester Fine Art.

eric pickersgill removes smartphones from couples, families, siblings and individuals to show the seriousness of our addiction to them.

In Eric Pickersgill's "Removed" photos, people stare at their hands, or the empty space between them, ignoring opportunities for human connection.

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North Carolina photographer Eric Pickersgill offers us a glimpse into just how dependent we are to our phones in his series, Removed.