'Remnant From The Past'
Does anyone use phone booths anymore? As a matter of fact, how many still use landlines? This booth is still standing there. I wonder if it has any use. I remember using them long, long time ago. They had a charm. When I lived in an apartment without a phone line, I remember going out in the night just to make a phone call. Later on going out again if nobody answered the first call. Sounds like a drag from today's perspective but back then it was just another normal thing to do, a nice excuse for a walk. The other day, I turned on the TV and there was an old Bond movie. James was looking for a phone booth because he needed to call M. Imagine a screenplay like this today... :D
I very much like the rundown wall, testifying of the past times. Check out the wires. The colour scheme is quite pleasing. Yellow, warm vibe, strongly supported by the magenta accent. The transparent booth's shadow does its magic, as well. A romantic remnant from the past when the word 'gadget' didn't exist.
Today, we have all this technology and, it seems that we are more in a phone call that out of it. Not sure smartphones did much for the human interactions. What is a paradox, eh? Something made to connect people alienates us. When mobile phones first came into existence, it was so weird to see someone walking and talking. People would turn and wonder if the person was off the rocker. :D
Then again, like ancient Greeks knew well - it is all about the measure. The technology of today can bury you or help you out. It all depends on your control. Do you control your smartphone, or it controls you?
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Every era has it's own importance and things which is used to symbolize it. These phone booths simply remind us the era of 1990s.
This kind of photo is well-worth preserving in time. We're on the verge of losing the payphone to newer and more convenient technologies but I think this kind will linger for emergencies.
Interesting photo. The shadow is like a separate object.
A wonderful picture of you! Well done
Red Line Haha
Thanks for sharing
wow, thats absolutely awesome, i haven't seent that kind of phone booth nowadays. I think it is used some decades ago.
These phones have already moved to the "rarity" section. In the past, they really enjoyed popularity. I do not think that today there are people who use these phones. Most likely they do not even work. Now these are the monuments of the past :)
I remembered how, as a child, we were playing with these old phones (payphones). You could call from them, but the call was made due to whom you call. (that is, you call a person and he pays an incoming call). Each such phone had its own number. My friends and I called from one payphone to another. I called a friend he picked up a payphone on the other end of the street and confirmed that the call was at his expense. (in simple words, they called from one payphone to another for free). As a result, the police stood next to these phones. We were considered juvenile offenders: D
Modern smartphones brought convenience and benefit. But they also made people dependent. Now you can track your location. Thanks to the smartphone you can learn about almost everything. That is, smart phones took our freedom. Many people developed dependence. This is called a psychological illness, when a person can not spend time without looking in his phone. I read that in some country (I do not remember exactly) people with dependency on a smartphone are sent on paid leave. (to wither and to undergo treatment).
Thank you
What will you feel? Mobile already-has penetrated in the human soul.
Without human mobile can not do anything, like to communicate with distant relatives, friends, and business. Mobile is a tool that can unite all people in the world through voice and text conversations (SMS) through the network.
Benefits of mobile phones we know a lot other than the phone and SMS. Mobile currently used media for internet access and processed as a medium for doing business. Although mobile phones have many benefits, but not a few mobile phones also have negative implications. Negative impacts are felt for health and social.
When hanging out with friends still this phone can not be prevented from hand grip. When chatting our hands busy to reply BBM from another friend or busy with greeting SMS. Rada for what to meet if still can chatting through mobile phone. The impact that arises only limited to a meeting alone without any lengthy talk and it will reduce one's social life.
That phone booth looks like it's been through world war II. Speaking of phone booths, now I am reminded of the matrix and how they used to use them :D. Smartphones have ruined us in some areas and helped us in others. My best friend used to call me back in the days when he used to poop and now he is too busy chatting on his smartphone and no longer gives me the poop calls :D
hehe, this one is from the 90s buddy )) german telecom had it installed everywhere here
I know, I was kidding :D
Wow ..
Apparently there is still a phone like that. His chamber was just like New war. very cool shooting.
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I've only ever lived with mobile phones. So it's not a feeling of nostalgia that sweeps me at the sight of this (Superb photo by the way! What a great find!). Nonetheless, it is a longing of a kind, for something the photo captures which is absent today.
The ancient wall with an anachronistic phone booth built on it couldn't contrast more with the principle of 'upgrading' we have today. Today we demolish the old world so we can build the new from scratch and replace it with the 'future.'
We used to build on the past, adding a new room, a new story to the building. We built up the world layer upon layer, rather than tear it down to begin from scratch. We had a different attitude towards the world and a different understanding of time.
I think we've lost a lot more than we might have gained by this revolution.
Great post, In my town most people still have landlines and the payphones on the street still get alot of use. They have installed WiFi into them so they can still get revenue. I guess the dirty old system is trying its hardest to keep up with the changing times. Wont be long before that system crumbles to make way for a new era.
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The growth of new technology has been grand to watch! Now it seems that everyone in the world owns a smartphone and spends their entire life using it in some manner. My friend just recently upgraded from a flip phone to a smartphone for the first time in his young life and I am pretty sure he is addicted to it now because of how many games he has on it and how often he plays them. Payphones I saw a lot of when I was traveling overseas but most of them here in the US have been pulled out. I remember using them when I was in high school to call my mom to pick me up from soccer practice. That was only a few years ago haha.
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wow,this is a very different art of you.i have not seen that kind of phone booth art when before.... people have installed WiFi into them so they can still get revenue. I guess the old system is trying its hardest to keep up with the changing times. this is a your best quality of art.thank you for your good creativity art of phone booth post sharing.very well done sir.... @velimir
We just had a news report here in Ontario about a town that is fighting to keep their only pay phone. The town has very poor cell reception (not sure how that is possible in this day and age) and the people rely on the pay phone to make important phone calls. We have been also hearing about how we are getting closer to the day of the last pay phone. Once a much-needed device it now seems so archaic and obsolete. I love how the payphone in the picture is hanging on a wall that seems decrepid and is falling apart. It symbolizes the dying of the phones usefulness.
very well my friend also think like that. A phone like that should not be used anymore now we already have a smart phone. with the phone all our work helped.
The technology absorbs us to the point that we forget about this type of devices that once were very useful for us, we only have to admire them from the point of view of what they are like as a tangible museum at our daily steps. In addition to teaching our children the importance that falls on the ancient objects that little by little become part of our new history. Greetings.
That phone booth looks like it's Wait I can not find any creature that is there, have tried it. Viewing images in your post is like a metaphor image by complementary objects in the painting you want. The observer should pay close attention to knowing the contents of the additional objects made on his artwork. The face is made of flowers, birds and even butterflies. Paintings display other characters or even animals as in the creation of his Mona Lisa painting. Every piece of art has a secret hidden in it. I have no ability in this one, but thanks for sharing. Creative and extraordinary ideas. Hopefully other friends can be found.
No ! Never!
I never used them!
But really it was a charm watching people using it in the movies or plays!
I just watched two Seasons in my life
one was Spartacus.
the other was Person of Interest.
Person of Interest was the second and last season I watched, it was my favorite, it usually covers the technology aspect of our life,
but I saw widespread use of Phonebooth,
All the season is Dependent on these phone booths, if you find sometimes free, must watch it.
It is an amazing season.
Really, it is very much interesting. I appreciated your work man. Great job man
When I was in school always use this public phone to contact my family when I again need money hehehe. The most I remember the old days when dating, nearly dozens of coins out for the sake of contacting the girlfriend hehehe
Beautiful creative, @velimir! It is a nice nostalgic walk down memory lane. Imagine what it would look like in those days to get a gimps how we do things now with these smartphones. All the best
I remember pay phones. When I was a teenager many years ago, my boyfriend used to walk a mile every night to a payphone in the next town so he could call me because it was cheaper than if he called from his town. Love this photo!
They were used in my country those that I remember you paid with cards, in my town I think there are only some of those and I think they are not in very good condition, now there are not many
Wow, it is still standing..Really interesting mixture of history
wow,,, dear, really amazing work, i like your all post,every know some thing news...
thanks for share it...
Sometimes I think about the times when I was in primary school and I just wonder how people got around and organised themselves with cell phones..
Wow..wonderful art..amazing photography..i appreciate this life..
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That's a dope picture, Great color and shadows!
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That's a beautiful word there, i guess we all suffer the emergence of telephone over the word. It wasn't so easy going far away just to make a call. Now those days re over and i thank God for that, though, one is somehow becoming addicted to this gadget. Hmm,
Waw nostalgia
Nice post @velimir but unfortunately as for me personaly i can tell my smartphone controls me
Yea, this piece really says alot.
Nice job @velimir
Nice picture!
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a relic that public telephone.
your pictures always make my imagination fly are great
Nice photography! But only one image makes me allure. I want more images
posted by you. Don't give up your talent and make us taste it.
i have seen a phone once in Nigeria but u can bet it doesn't work. i like the way the picture was taken that angle and shadows, looks vintage. really nice
Hola amigo.
Ciertamente cuan necesarios fueron y cuantas noticias buenas y malas viajaron gracias a estos teléfonos de líneas fijas. Cuantas veces tuvimos que salir al monedero de la esquina para llamar a la chica que pretendíamos y/o a nuestra novia. Incluso, recibíamos llamadas en él. En mí caso llegué a tener horario para esperar la llamada.
Una vez adentrados los años 90 pude comprar el bloque que creo era Nokia o Motorola y a partir de ese momento para mi empezo la teoría del usos y desuso del monedero.
La foto revela mucho. Si se quiere el paso de la historia y como se va modificando lo existente para dar paso a lo contemporáneo y tecnológico.
Muy buena y Gracias
i remember in 2000 when i was in class 10th my father had a black and white mobile phone and once a day in class room my teacher said: There may be a time when we can see whom we are talking. And we see each other surprisingly how is it possible.Time spend very fast and now we have outstanding technology.
This picture glow the beauty of place.this is also a nice idea to advertisement .it is such a lovely place with full of peace and fresh environment .everybody wants to visit such a lovely place.I have no word to described it.
good photo!!
this is really awesome....
Zanimljiv ceo serijal :)
Ver estas imágenes, me recuerdan tiempos gratos ja ja. en mi pueblo había dos telefonos monederos de estos, que en la noche cuando estaba repleto de monedas, en ocasiones cuando uno llamaba y al colgar, bajaban muchas monedas. Era emocionante! luego ibamos a gastarlas en chucherias. Me gusto tu Post.
Truly a remnant from the past.. i never even got to use the phone in reality but i did use it in d-day normandy... and call of duty to authorize a drone strike. Am definitely saving this beauty offline for better admiration... Reminds me of The Bogey Man's THE MATRIX
I have taking my time to study your article,the originality men(@velimir! I swear you are killing it....
Haven't saw one in years, that's apart of history
Bravo phone both photography