Two people walk towards the camera while occupying quite different private spaces. One speaks into a phone; the other looks down at hers. Their long shadows stretch towards the foreground while the New York street continues around them.
What interests me now is how ordinary the behaviour has become. The photograph was made in 2013, but already the street contained people who were physically moving through the city while their attention was somewhere else.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Humanity
Title: Phone Walkers, Fifth Avenue #0396
Artwork: #0396
Location: West 53rd Street & Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA
Subject: Pedestrians using mobile phones
Medium: Colour photography
Format: Vertical
Genre: Street photography
Themes: Human behaviour, technology, attention, isolation, movement, urban life
Edition: 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Two people walk towards the camera while occupying quite different private spaces. One speaks into a phone; the other looks down at hers. Their long shadows stretch towards the foreground while the New York street continues around them.
What interests me now is how ordinary the behaviour has become. The photograph was made in 2013, but already the street contained people who were physically moving through the city while their attention was somewhere else.
Artwork Information
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Humanity
Title: Phone Walkers, Fifth Avenue #0396
Artwork: #0396
Location: West 53rd Street & Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA
Subject: Pedestrians using mobile phones
Medium: Colour photography
Format: Vertical
Genre: Street photography
Themes: Human behaviour, technology, attention, isolation, movement, urban life
Edition: 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
