Image from the award winning web series Perfect Girl by BananaMana Films (2014):
The frozen image of a loved one at the termination of a video call, just before they vanish back into the void and the screen returns to the comforting neutrality of a homepage, is, for me at least, a moment of great digital poignancy.
Hanging up a telephone was one thing; a quick goodbye and the simple click of a receiver. But there's something far-more heart-rending about disconnecting from a person one cannot only hear, but see, smiling and looking beautiful on a bed that one has perhaps shared with them (or dreamed of sharing).
One cannot help putting fingers to the screen and trying to touch their face; to hold onto them for just a short while longer ...
