One of our favorite things about taking time out for hiking and camping is getting unplugged.  No laptops, no iPad, no phone.  Only a camera.  I believe these excursions truly help Mr. Forager and I in our ability to willingly step away from the devices that seem to be ever present.  In his photo series //_PATH, photographer Mark Dorf  examines our dependency on technology and the impact that attachment is making on society.

The photographer imposes 3D renderings and collage into photographs of lush forests, deserted beaches and snow capped mountains.  This technology we welcome so readily into our lives is encroaching ever so rapidly upon everything we touch, everything we see and do.  How long until our phones work in the now unreachable depths of the woods?  How long until we are no longer able to switch off?

To see more of Mark Dorf’s work, please visit his website.  Was unplugging more one of your resolutions for 2014?  How are you doing so far?

Artist found via Design Boom.