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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology

THE TRUTH ABOUT: In the picture and missing out - Caught on Camera

Killer whale pod (Orcinus orca), and tourists off Punta Colorada, Isla San Jose, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
‘I was the only one who saw the whale. Everyone else was looking at their mobile phones.’ Photograph: robertharding/Alamy

Phoebe Greenwood is right (Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls?, 29 August). Having been a photojournalist, I find that the camera can interfere with fully experiencing the moment.

Many years ago, my wife discovered previously unknown relatives in Denmark. When we visited, they took us to a cemetery where one of her ancestors was buried.

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