Zombies....

This reminds me of Wall E. Soon we'll make some technology that does everything for us, and slowly our physical health will decline.

I often read research papers on my phone and I'm getting sick of people negatively judging our devices without knowing how we are using them... You could remove books from images and get the same effect

"Terrible"...everyone universally commented on their phones...then went straight on to the next tweet/post/email/video/newsfeed/blog

I put my phone away around others, for me it's a solitary activity for the most part. These pictures are really sad..

Great and brilliant :)

And then, suddenly, there was people. These things are black holes in our everyday life.. And what's more concerning, noone cared; We die, because mankind, were idiots.

Terrible. Thing this is true when i go out on a date with my guy i leave my phone in car so we can devote all our time to each other .....

True, its happening all over. Quiet offending.

I was going to take over a society I would give a majority of people smart phones and load them with social apps and game apps and get them so completely addicted that they would not even see the take over coming, mean while telling them that all is well on their phones and by the time they figured something was wrong it would be too late to do anything about it,, sound familiar?

The smartphone is an absolutely incredible piece of technology. If he doesn't want to embrace that he doesn't have to, but shaming people who do is getting out of hand.

There is a caption error. One caption says "The project inspiration came from a chance encounter in a NYC cafe." The article clearly says that it was a cafe in Troy, NY. Troy is not NYC.

I have a minor addiction, but if someone tells me to get off my phone, I do, or if I have company, it stays put away under my pillow. Can't say the same for a few friends of mine.

These pictures show up what is happening, when people cannot put away their phones even while doing something important. Imagine those at the grill not seing, that it is about to tumble and spill glowing coals onto the grass or their feet?

The funny part is that all of us are on our phones or computers.

I agree and disagree at the same time. I kinda stand in the middle of this argument.But it will sure be interesting to live in a world without phones and technology.

It's not the same as books or newspapers or even tv! Nine times out of ten the person on the phone is texting someone else and not looking things up. The person on the phone makes a choice about who they want to talk to and most of the time it's not the person in front of them! Books cannot interact. So, the book argument is meaningless. Most of us have been taught that it is rude to interrupt people when they are talking to someone, so I will stop talking as soon as the other person starts texting. I hate it and I think that the texter is telling the live person that they are S**T and do not matter.

I rather look at this from a different angle. smartphones are an extension of our being, they make us smarter and able to access information much faster. they improve the economy and potentially have a hidden helping hand toward the advancement of human scientific endeavors. in the near future we will most likely have implants coupled with a retina lens in our eyes to make our brains and minds thousands of times smarter and faster at processing information. I see this as another evolutionary step toward an exciting future for humans. many people don't share this belief but I am in line with elon musk in that fact that smartphones are an extension of our intelligence not a "digital leech" not an "addictive device" but rather an augmentation of what we are capable of. with that said it's always wrong to distract your attention from your loved ones. this goes for "reading books" " reading news papers" "solving puzzles" and talking on the phones for hours. balance is key.

I remember an old lady telling me once that television had ruined everything. People were not talking anymore, they were sitting around watching television. Is this any different? I guess so, as we couldn't drag our televisions around with us!! it is the escape from reality from believing that what you are actually doing in the real world can be BETTER than what the alternate reality can offer you

This is crazy really. Hars but true. It is such a great challenge how to go back to being simple and plain. By the way, this is the new fake ultrasound design from fakeababy. This is the funniest stuff I ever had and it is just so funny that it can blow your laugh away. Best for gags also.

I still don't have a phone, and at times, I feel incredibly disconnected with what's going on in the world. Good and bad.

what a great reminder...thanks for that

And we are all looking at our phones to view this article...

Those interested in the truth will click here: http://imgur.com/a/ZV1fX

What a load of contrived bollocks. Put a book where the phone had been and would you say we're all addicted to reading? Would we be so "disconnected" if the subjects were reading books instead of communicating with others on phones? Photographically the images are very poor too. Utter shite.

Sad.

Rather ironic that the majority of people are probably viewing these images, and commenting about how terrible it is, using a mobile device...

I'm glad my daughter texts me that I suck at owning a cell phone.

Wao! It really looks so sad. How just simple device in the picture can transform the entire meaning. I remember back in the day while practicing Photoshop, we sd to remove one person from the picture. It was amazing to see how the meaning of the picture it was still remaining. But here, looks ver incomplete and pretty sad.

read this article on my phone trolol

The use of cell phones is causing us to lose our real ability to communicate in person, We are loosing our social ability, we are even loosing our writing skills. Everything is now done in the shortest form possible. Parents and children pay less attention to one another, I wonder how many families site together at dinner time and talk to one another. I am also guilty of this disconnect, however if I am in the company of friends , I never take out my cell phone unless it rings. It may not been seen as a problem right now, but I wonder how many vehicle accidents have occurred because of cell phone use. These photographs show how disconnected to one another we are. The husband and wife with one another in bed, both on cell phones, saddens me greatly . I encourage everyone to use this technology. minimize its use.

reminds me of the Procol Harum lyric: God's alive inside a movie! Watch the silver screen!, they must have seen it coming, though screen size has shrunk dramatically

While I agree that there is a massive disconnect between folks these days in large part due to technological advances, I think it would have been more profound if these were photos of people ACTUALLY on their phones/iPads with the device photoshopped out. These staged photos looked just that, staged.

So, if we now place books in the empty hands, would that change anything?

The "constantly watching your hand if it's still there" generation ;-)

Hilarious! What an insane race humans are. It's a global thing so no one can deny that. :)

Jury pool Tuesday 90% of them on their devices, we used to talk to each other

Sorry Murpy it already has.

Very sad, but true...

This looks very fake, any chance we can see the originals before "edits" were made. It still conveys a strong message though, and if I am wrong about it being fake then wow, I tip my hat to the Photoshop artist!

This is paints the picture of reality. I love it! Thank you!!

You could do the same thing with newspapers, books, food, etc. We simply worry too damn much about technology.

excellent photo essay

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