{"id":85241,"date":"2020-08-07T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=85241"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T12:44:47","slug":"jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":85252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[3845,15453,15451,11017,15449,1191,2949,15452,154,15450,11869],"class_list":["post-85241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-digital","tag-digital-communication","tag-email","tag-jeff-mermelstein","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-online-communication","tag-photography","tag-texting","tag-whatsapp"],"acf":{"main_category":139,"legacy":false,"exclude_from_ads":[],"hero_title":"","subtitle":"Featuring drug-deals, sordid sexts and brutal breakups, Jeff Mermlestein captures the brazen behind-the-screen behaviours of New Yorkers as he lenses their overseen text conversations \u2014By Luka Terihaj","hero":{"video":false,"image":false,"header_color":"black","overlay_color":"","overlay_text_color":"black"},"teasers":{"video":false,"image":{"ID":85252,"id":85252,"title":"cover382_2048x2048-802x1024","filename":"cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","filesize":80283,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"cover382_2048x2048-802x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:19:09","modified":"2020-08-03 15:19:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":802,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":75,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","medium-width":802,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":802,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","large-width":802,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":802,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":802,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":802,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}},"width":"4","proportion":"natural"},"facebook_image":{"ID":85243,"id":85243,"title":"2-768x1024","filename":"2-768x1024.jpg","filesize":49402,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/2-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"2-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:17:50","modified":"2020-08-03 15:17:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}},"related_articles":"","next_article":"","content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":85243,"id":85243,"title":"2-768x1024","filename":"2-768x1024.jpg","filesize":49402,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/2-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"2-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:17:50","modified":"2020-08-03 15:17:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}},{"ID":85245,"id":85245,"title":"5-768x1024","filename":"5-768x1024.jpg","filesize":84118,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/5-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"5-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:18:06","modified":"2020-08-03 15:18:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"4","caption":"Jeff Mermelstein. Image from #nyc (MACK, 2020). Courtesy of the artist and MACK."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve all been there. The irate thudding of thumbs against the screen as an ALL CAPS message is fired off. The audacious sigh released after hitting send on that risky text. The flushed ear-to-ear grin that stretches involuntarily when an \u201cI love you\u201d message pops up from your special someone. All of these moments are emblematic of the evolution of human communication &#8211; one where our communication is now principally digital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As our communication has shifted to digital platforms so has the language, mannerisms and behaviour used. This updated cyber-vernacular piqued the interest of New York City-based photojournalist Jeff Mermlestein who has been documenting the streets of the &#8216;Big Apple&#8217; since he moved from from New Brunswick, NJ in 1987.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":85249,"id":85249,"title":"9-768x1024","filename":"9-768x1024.jpg","filesize":122454,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/9-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"9-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:18:36","modified":"2020-08-03 15:18:36","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}},{"ID":85246,"id":85246,"title":"6-768x1024","filename":"6-768x1024.jpg","filesize":91667,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/6-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"6-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:18:12","modified":"2020-08-03 15:18:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"4","caption":"Jeff Mermelstein. Image from #nyc (MACK, 2020). Courtesy of the artist and MACK."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, Mermlestein snapped a photo of a woman seated at a cafe on his iPhone. The woman can be seen composing a text message. Mermlestein zoomed in and was able to peek into her conversation. Amidst the back and forth of messages, a story emerged &#8211; $6,000 had been discovered in an attic!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He uploaded the photo onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jeffmermelstein\/\">Instagram<\/a> with the brief but but mildly profound caption: #nyc. Over the next three years, he uploaded hundreds of New Yorkers\u2019 overseen texts with that same caption. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The caption would serve as inspiration for the title of a <a href=\"https:\/\/mackbooks.co.uk\/products\/nyc\">160-page photobook<\/a> which harvested the most hilarious, bizarre, mundane and risqu\u00e9 of those text interactions. The conversations, though inelegant, felt like a more transparent window into the thoughts and feelings of New Yorkers.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":85244,"id":85244,"title":"4-768x1024","filename":"4-768x1024.jpg","filesize":82968,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/4-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"4-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:17:58","modified":"2020-08-03 15:17:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}},{"ID":85247,"id":85247,"title":"7-768x1024","filename":"7-768x1024.jpg","filesize":67173,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/7-768x1024\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"7-768x1024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":85241,"date":"2020-08-03 15:18:17","modified":"2020-08-03 15:18:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":768,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","thumbnail-width":72,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":1024,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","large-width":768,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":768,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","2048x2048-width":768,"2048x2048-height":1024,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":9,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x1024.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":768,"wpvr_mobile-height":1024}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"4","caption":"Jeff Mermelstein. Image from #nyc (MACK, 2020). Courtesy of the artist and MACK."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#nyc is a testament to the belief that humans operate with greater confidence behind a screen. The lack of face-to-face contact often elicited more candid responses in text form. Many texters appeared to have been emboldened by the less direct threat of shame for expressing how they felt. Readers will find themselves wading through some saucy sexts leaving a decidedly voyeuristic impression. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2020\/jul\/29\/sex-lies-and-text-messages-the-photographer-snapping-new-yorkers-private-thoughts-jeff-mermelstein\">In an interview<\/a> Mermlestein marvelled at how \u201csome of the most bombastic ones, [&#8230;] were from a person that looked \u2018normal\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the bold responses, some conversations displayed incredible compassion and attested to mankind&#8217;s caring nature towards the vulnerable. One text to a person suffering from chemotherapy treatments wilfully stated \u201cIF I COULD I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO SAVE YOU. I AM SO SAD AND FEELING HELPLESS. I CANT EVEN IMAGINE WHATS GOING ON INSIDE YOU. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN MIRACLE. I PRAY TO GOD THAT A MIRACLE.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In tough moments, it can be a struggle finding the right words for the occasion. Mermlestein\u2019s shots suggest that having the luxury of time that texting affords us to respond to things can help us find the right things to say.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"<p><em>#nyc by Jeff Mermlestein is now available from <a href=\"https:\/\/mackbooks.co.uk\/products\/nyc\">MACK Books<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-07T12:34:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-07T12:44:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Luka Terihaj\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. This creativity manifests itself in SLEEK\u2019s quarterly print publication, digital and social media channels.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg\",\"width\":802,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/\",\"name\":\"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-07T12:34:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-07T12:44:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5c6b71b6823275d96b02e322c583e1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5c6b71b6823275d96b02e322c583e1\",\"name\":\"Luka Terihaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7157aba25244661389240298b9b4ac8efbd6c7a79d40d09637d213f2bcea449d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7157aba25244661389240298b9b4ac8efbd6c7a79d40d09637d213f2bcea449d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Luka Terihaj\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/luka-terihaj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/","og_site_name":"Sleek Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/","article_published_time":"2020-08-07T12:34:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-07T12:44:47+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sleekmag","twitter_site":"@sleekmag","twitter_misc":{"Verfasst von":"Luka Terihaj"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/","name":"Schlankes Magazin","description":"Sleek ist Deutschlands f\u00fchrendes unabh\u00e4ngiges Medienhaus\/Marke f\u00fcr Kreativit\u00e4t und Innovation mit Sitz in Berlin, der kreativen Hauptstadt der Welt. Diese Kreativit\u00e4t manifestiert sich in der viertelj\u00e4hrlich erscheinenden Print-Publikation, den digitalen und Social-Media-Kan\u00e4len von SLEEK.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cover382_2048x2048-802x1024.jpg","width":802,"height":1024},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/","name":"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-08-07T12:34:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-07T12:44:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5c6b71b6823275d96b02e322c583e1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/jeff-mermlestein-nyc-photobook-private-lives-texts-phones-conversations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The photobook capturing the humor, heartbreak and pathos of New Yorkers\u2019 private lives via their own phone screens"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bd5c6b71b6823275d96b02e322c583e1","name":"Luka Terihaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7157aba25244661389240298b9b4ac8efbd6c7a79d40d09637d213f2bcea449d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7157aba25244661389240298b9b4ac8efbd6c7a79d40d09637d213f2bcea449d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Luka Terihaj"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/luka-terihaj\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85286,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85241\/revisions\/85286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}