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Weekend Project “People and Phones” 25th March – 8th April 2016

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Seldon, is a group administrator Seldon, says:

The Weekend Project reboot begins with “People and Phones”. Like me it’s devilishly simple. All we ask is that you take a photo which contains people (or person singular) and a phone (or phones plural), or recognisable parts thereof. A finger or a 1000 people, 1000 phones or the volume button on your smartphone, it's up to you.

You can hit the street and catch Joe and Joanne Public being all interconnected. You can take that shop window selfie you’ve always dreamed of taking or seek out some forgotten old tech while antiquing. Always wanted to create an artistic masterpiece that lays bare our modern obsession with hand held communication technology? This is your chance. People and phones, phones and people. Either way works.

As always, the point of a Utata project is to create new works of art. You can, however, tag one archival image. You may also tag up to five new images. Please feel free to post TWO small sized photographs in this thread, one new and one archival image.
tag your images utata:project=peopleandphones


Before I let you go, on behalf of Sonya, Martin, Sam and myself, I’d like to offer a big vote of thanks to Patrick who put so much effort into this project series for so long. If we can be half as good as you, we’ll be twice as good as we’ve any right to be. Cheers mate!

The Early Call by MPnormaleye

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/judemarion/15544607701]
She With Phone, I With Camera by O Caritas


[edited to reflect our new posting policy]
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Sam Turner is a group moderator Sam Turner says:

Welcome back, WP. You have been missed.
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dramamath says:

I am looking forward to this!
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whispaws says:

May I start out with one from my archives?

Selfie
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sonyacita is a group administrator sonyacita says:

I might see if my mom will let me take her photo this weekend. She loves talking on the phone more than anyone I know.
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dramamath says:

With an assist from my kid...

It's For You
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It'sGreg is a group administrator It'sGreg says:

I declare, you can't swing a cat by the tail without hitting somebody walking down the street with a phone. Happily, I have a cat -- so I believe I can do this.
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Sam Turner is a group moderator Sam Turner says:

phonebox by Sam Turner

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albicocca1 says:

nella gondola
mobile conversation in Venezia
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overthemoon says:

Some pics I took yesterday at the market.
browsing
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ronet is a group administrator ronet says:

Hurray for the return of the weekend project!
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arvind k says:

From archive. There is a phone. There are people. Phone is being used as a camera.

Dalí by arvind k

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Mary Jane 2040 is a group administrator Mary Jane 2040 says:

Another Hurray, and a long weekend means I'm more likely to add some new pictures.
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-masru- is a group administrator -masru- says:

arvind k: I'm very surprised to see you add an archival shot ...
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C.G.87 says:

Although I've been out with the dog twice, I haven't seen another person all weekend, let alone one with a phone! So I'll have to resort to the archives.
Dial a sunset
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It'sGreg is a group administrator It'sGreg says:

Archival, I'm afraid. It's an odd thing -- I've avoided shooting photos of folks paying attention to their smartphones for so long, it's hard to break the habit and remember to deliberately do just that.

woman with red bag by It'sGreg

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Sam Turner is a group moderator Sam Turner says:

The WP team (it's totally a team already) has decided that the rules should be tweaked a little to allow people (encourage them even) to post both an archival and a new photo to the thread. So you can now post TWO photos despite what it says up there.

And I volunteered to post this amendment only partly because I'm feeling all smug about having found time to take new photographs. Only partly.
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Mary Jane 2040 is a group administrator Mary Jane 2040 says:

phoneface by Mary Jane 2040

phones are very findable in my home.
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LeftCoastKenny says:

I'm so glad to see Weekend Projects return.

It's a phone. It's a camera. It's a phone...

[edit] Adding one from my archive.

TTL - You are the Sensor

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Hyla Levy says:

Getting to post an old one and a new one is a great idea!

From the archives:

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sonyacita is a group administrator sonyacita says:

An archival one for the moment.

Army Surplus

I did snap a couple of pics of my mom on the phone but they didn't turn out very well. The other evening I lurked in front of the grocery store for a bit because the light was really nice and I did see lots of folks with their phones but I couldn't quite make it happen.
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christine kofman photography says:

Huh, it seems I had a land line back in 2007. It seems like ancient history.

Conjure Me Up
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Seldon, is a group administrator Seldon, says:

A sex shop window selfie. Morecambe's only sex shop is quite understated, and turquoise.

50 Shades of Turquoise by Seldon,


And an archival shot from the Phoneography project.

Mobile Street 3 by Seldon,

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sonyacita is a group administrator sonyacita says:

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A stranger cradles his phone.
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Lake Effect says:

Where's My Hotdog

Everywhere I look...people and phones
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Kim Denise says:

Here's one from the archives. I still have time to shoot a new one!

owl sweater selfie
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C.G.87 says:

Who ya gonna call?
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-masru- is a group administrator -masru- says:

You all know: there are no deadlines in UTATA. Nevertheless there will be a new Weekend Project tomorrow. Just saying.

Also? I got the film back right in time to stay within the non-exisiting deadline. Phew!

02.04.2016 | People. And Phones. by -masru-


And: We, the Weekend Project Team, are really flashed by the things you created! Well done, UTATA!
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Lú_ says:

I'd have more of these by now if it weren't so darned cold out. But it is. So I have pictures taken in warm pubs. I did tag one. I didn't tag this one, but I was tempted to: you can see the phone only reflected in his glasses. (I've also been lazy about what lenses I'm not carrying.)

by Lú_

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Hyla Levy says:

by Hyla Levy

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ronet is a group administrator ronet says:

I'm fashionably late with this but hopefully not too late.
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Sam Turner is a group moderator Sam Turner says:

The Weekend Project is alive. Long live the Weekend Project.

www.utata.org/project/peopleandphones/
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