Sunday, April 21, 2013

Social media transcends time, space

Social media use appears today to be ubiquitous. How many of us habitually reach for our devices without second thought, anytime, anywhere? How about September 1932?


Social media and other digital technologies are already known to transcend time, generally assumed to be forward ... perhaps this image shows they're capable of transcending time backward as well?

Above: detail of photo from LIFE: The First Decade (1979). Caption reads [links added]:
Saloman, Dr. Erich/1932
From the balcony outside his room at the Lausanne Reparations Conference, Ramsay MacDonald with his daughter Ishbel [not pictured in this detail] and his private secretary Mr. Butler watch Premier Herriot trying to avoid journalists who have waylaid him in the lobby below. 
FWIW, way to rock those shades, MacDonald.

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