Do you ever stop to think how life was for separated family members in the days before technologies such as Skype enabled free long distance phone calls?
Please click the link to see some fascinating portraits of families "held together by love and Skype". Photographer John Clang captured these "strange moments of togetherness".
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/here-but-not-here-photographs-of-families-held-together-by-love-skype/262053/
Do you think virtual communication contains an ambiguity; a sense of being here but not here?
How do older members of your family feel about technologies like Skype?
Can families remain intact despite the pressures of modern living?
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