Gardening
Mowing the
lawn: an ordinary activity that we might not do everyday, but we have to do it
regularly, it is part of a series of housework or gardening tasks that we have
to do.
Nature
everywhere and a stunning view in the background, yet the person in the picture
is looking down at her phone, not even paying the slightest attention to the
beauty nature has to offer. Playing around with your phone while mowing the
lawn does maybe seem a bit crazy and you could consider this shot as an
exaggeration, as mocking the people that are constantly playing around with
their phones, nevertheless it shows how even housework has become unbearable
without our phones.
This shot
was inspired by my aunt, who once told me that whenever she wanted to relax or
calm down she just started doing housework because it helped her to have some
‘me time’ and reflect on her life and on the things she was worrying about.
After that, I caught her in the garden once, watering the flowers with one
hand, holding her phone in the other one.
What
happened to the ‘thinking about life while doing housework’ to the so much
needed ‘me time’. The ‘me time’ becomes a ‘me and the rest of the virtual world
time’ because we get so used to being connected that once we’re not, we feel
like something is missing and we want to get it back as soon as possible.
Particularly
interesting in this shot is also to take a look at the composition. The lines
in the background horizontally divide the picture into more or less three
different parts. The first one featuring the sky, the person’s head and the
phone, the second one including the view in the background and the fence and
the last one featuring the mower, the boots and the lawn, creating a certain
balance in the photograph.
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