I had initially struggled to find work of other photographers that dealt with my theme surrounding the human obsession of social media, photography on social media and how technology has affected our experience of the world.
I stumbled across the young, French photographer Antoine Geiger. In his exhibition "Sur-Fake" he is clearly making a point here of how our focus of reality is seen through a screen in modern times. Our attention is no longer drawn to what is actually happening around us in the real world and the way Geiger has manipulated the image to show how people are literally being 'sucked in' to their phones is a playful way of dealing with issue. I interpret this image by showing how technology has almost made us something inhuman; it changes us.
My favourite image is of the couple taking a 'selfie' in front of the Mona Lisa. It shows how people seem to be enjoying the process of taking an image of themselves rather than enjoying one of the most celebrated pieces of fine art in history. It hints at a certain level of narcissism of social media users and I find it strange how this couple would choose to focus on documenting the fact they have seen the Mona Lisa rather than actually seeing the Mona Lisa.
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