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The distance between us: are these people together or apart?

Intriguing images abound in Yolanda del Amo’s new book Archipelago, which explores how our longing for closeness coexists with a desire for individuality.

Jesse, Kerry, 2005
Years before it became a public anxiety, Del Amo pictured how technology contributes to isolation even in shared space.


In this photograph a young couple are side by side in separate beds, each staring at a laptop, their faces illuminated by the screens. The wedding portraits of her over his bed and his over hers suggest the novelty of their matrimonial status, yet there is already a lack of affection.
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