Alone, surrounded by silence, an old man and his smartphone - his bridge to the world. Virtual closeness and yet loneliness.

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Alone, surrounded by silence, an old man and his smartphone - his bridge to the world. Virtual closeness and yet loneliness. Longing for real connection.

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Studio shot, Trossingen
Photo credit: © Edgar G. Biehle / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: Yes

Keywords: age, aging, alienation, background, black, citizens, closeness, communication, community, connection, connectivity, digital, disconnection, distanced, elderly, emptiness, grandfather, internet, isolated, isolation, life, lifestyle, loneliness, lonliness, media, networking, online, pensioner, people, person, phone, portrait, real, relationships, seneszenz, senior, smartphone, social, solitude, technology, virtual