theatlantic:

Here, but Not Here: Family Portraits Held Together by Skype

We live in a world in which some of the people we are closest to are often not near us at all.

When we document our day-to-day existence in photographs and Instagrams, these people are absent. Their presence in our lives is missing from our digital memories.

Photographer John Clang’s series Being Together seeks to correct this. Using Skype and projectors, he captures families visually as they are virtually. 

“In these images,” Clang told me over email, “I am marking the time for these families, enabling them to remember these strange moments of togetherness with the technology presently available. The picture doesn’t stop here, it lingers on in their memory. It embraces the intimacy and closeness of a family, no matter how far apart they are.”

Read more. [Images: John Clang]

  1. liveshipvivacia reblogged this from cheshirecopycat
  2. thefallenangelsside reblogged this from imhyperdearie
  3. imhyperdearie reblogged this from elliesandpancakes
  4. elliesandpancakes reblogged this from therewerebirds
  5. therewerebirds reblogged this from blacksentai
  6. halurrz reblogged this from elanilovesyou
  7. thisismyjobandidoitwell reblogged this from charli-mcda
  8. elanilovesyou reblogged this from fighhtformebaby
  9. fighhtformebaby reblogged this from your-hand-in-mine-forever
  10. thaakyd-syd reblogged this from swerve-is-the-word
  11. crazyfeminist reblogged this from swerve-is-the-word
  12. swerve-is-the-word reblogged this from your-hand-in-mine-forever
  13. whitebeltwriter reblogged this from cheshirecopycat
  14. amnesiatoanesthesia reblogged this from your-hand-in-mine-forever
  15. cheshirecopycat reblogged this from charli-mcda
  16. your-hand-in-mine-forever reblogged this from charli-mcda
  17. charli-mcda reblogged this from luigiegh
  18. luigiegh reblogged this from blacksentai
  19. blacksentai reblogged this from mayamayapapaya
  20. dylanjamesss reblogged this from piecesofzee
  21. rrre053 reblogged this from theatlantic
  22. miraculous-panda reblogged this from princessandthefob
  23. cuntsincorporated reblogged this from chongthenomad
  24. gdibecca reblogged this from vitaconsillium
  25. vitaconsillium reblogged this from joanang
  26. joanang reblogged this from chloeexu
  27. wheremytruefeelingsgo reblogged this from thinkblink
  28. ridullr reblogged this from theatlantic