The saying, "You're never alone with a clone", needs to be updated to "You're never alone with a phone". Or perhaps not, because although a mobile phone offers 24/7 connectedness, very often there seems to be something other than a person on the other end: the phone occupies the owners attention with words and images rather than human to human contact. On a recent visit to the city of Birmingham this newly created space in the city centre seemed to be a place that most people were passing through. This man was an exception, engrossed in his phone among the concrete, blue glass and shadows.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon D5300
