A photographer edits out smartphones to show our strange and lonely new world

Wouldn't it look similarly strange and lonely had it been books or magazines which were edited out? If so, is it really a new world?

It's not lonely. My wife and I look like that pictured couple. What are we doing? We're playing Scrabble with each other online. Or reading the news, which we then talk about.

These are not edited out mobile device. These are posed shots with empty hands.