回家 (Coming Home)

People often seem distant when they sit there with their phones, disconnected, maybe even ignorant.

What we usually don’t see is what they are looking at. It’s easy to forget that who seems to be under the spell of their glowing screen is sometimes just connecting to someone else, sending a short wish, showing someone they care – maybe even to make sure that they have their peace of mind to be fully there for us after they put it down.

(The man in this picture is an old Taiwanese gentleman who now works as a driver and guide to show visitors the beauty of the island. In the moment I took the picture, he texted his wife that he’ll be home soon – before sharing more stories from his life with us. Only few edits, the backlight of the car, the cigarette and the phone did enough of their magic.)