"The 'Connected' Age" II (color ed.)

The 'Connected' Age (II) is another in my series of street photos

illustrating the change that digital gadgets involving

interconnectivity including mobile phones, cameras, PDAs, e-readers,

laptops and other devices have had on our society, especially

beginning with youth culture. Your ratings, critiques and

observations are invited and most welcome. If you rate harshly, very

critically, or wish to make a remark, please submit a helpful and

constructive comment; please share your photographic knowledge to help

improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! john

a marvelous and totally apt (apropos the title) composition... a happy meal indeed! ...love the colors and their tones

and there seems to be a little cameo being played out at the 11'o-clock position where a lil' guy seems to be having a mis-connection with the lady... connections across generations don't seem to have as much success

I'm very well known for posting my best in black and white, but I'm now making a conscious effort to keep many in their original color, in part to 'mix things up', in part to keep viewers' attention, and in part to show viewers that I'm not a 'one trick pony' even when it comes to shooting one genre (street). (I shoot many other genres as well; there are aerial photos to be displayed, portraits, nudes, and many others.)

It occurred to me, that since the digital devices were appearing in so many of my photos, rather than try to avoid them, why not recognize them for what they are -- the 'new culture'?  

I have a treasure of photos depicting this new cultural trend, and for sure it's going to last - in other words, it's the new cultural paradigm.  Today's younger youths will not be able to remember a time before dependence on new digital devices. 

Thank you for a prompt and apt comment (and I didn't ignore the little fellow in the back either).

john

John (Crosley)

Mixing things up is a good thing to do. I do it myself. The Eye becomes keener... but it's a matter of personal choice and habits.

No one who has visited your portfolio can ever label you a 'one trick pony' - far from it...

I did not doubt your attention to the little fellow...

Best... rajat

This is a 'hip hot' with no 'to the eye' framing and focusing, though I knew exactly this is what I wanted to capture.  I just had no place to stand or sit unobtrusively other than the aisle in which I was walking past. 

So, as I walked, I paused for a brief second's fraction, 'snap', then continued with my food on a tray. 

This is the result.  Sometimes it's just wrong or counterproductive to 'ask permission' or even afterward to interrupt people immersed in their own lives to inject your photography and yourself into theirs, especially when they're being very public, visible to all, AND speak a different language than the photographer.

john

John (Crosley)

Thanks for the compliment.

I don't ever want to become complacent.

Even at my ripe age.

That's why many times even youths seem readily to accept me (in their conversations) as more of an equal, and to talk or speak openly with me.

I may be older than their parents or grandparents, but I often hear truths neither of those two generations will ever hear because I KNOW how people of their age really think and act.

john

John (Crosley)

(I had NO dealings with these people in particular, but have lively discussions with some youths, late high school through university that every party seems to enjoy.  Reason?  I'm not closed minded, and they sense that, I think).

New Generation!

It's everywhere you look.

I hear people are forgetting how to talk to one another without using 'devices'.

Maybe that's an exaggeration; maybe not really.

Best to you.

(we need to meet).

john

John (Crosley)

Two photographers you know very well and one's relative sat just on the other side of this partition, watching a boy and girl flirt with each other, making faces.

Do you recall?

I had not been to this place in two weeks, dropped by today for a soft drink, and in 15 minutes, just as I left, got a very good shot, from just of a person in the next booth left, and different from any I've taken before, (though in a familiar surrounding). 

New lighting and new backgrounds have made success here very much easier than before.

My best to you, again.

john

John (Crosley)