In effort to upgrade my website to include some more recent work and a recap of The American Theme Park project, I stumbled upon some images that I didn’t use for the book, but thought were interesting on their own. The original intent of this photo was to grab a shot of a man distracted/bored while taking a break while in Disney World.
Our cell phones and portable gadgets are great for distracting us from boredom and connect us to the world in a digital fashion, but we often use these at an inappropriate time. We gain this added convenience at the cost of distracting removing us from our environment – we lose sight of what’s around and in front of us. Say, you’re at a party, social meeting, dinner, etc; you can always identify the person that doesn’t want to be there by finding the one that is zoned in on their phone, browsing the web, texting others. As these distractions are somewhat new, the social guidelines for their use haven’t been completely established, adapted, or perhaps even acknowledged by the masses.
