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March of Regression – The Smartphone Age: A Modern Twist on Evolution

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March of Regression

What began as a celebration of progress has now turned into a commentary on our times — March of Regression: The Smartphone Age gives the classic “March of Progress” evolution chart a modern (and slightly tragicomic) ending.

In this witty semi-realistic illustration, the final stage of human evolution stoops forward, head down, eyes glued to a smartphone — oblivious to the tiny terrified poop emoji right beneath the next step. The concept playfully explores how far we’ve come… and what we might have lost along the way.

The painting style is rich and painterly, evoking the feel of vintage educational charts while delivering a modern satirical punch. It’s both thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny — a perfect mix for fans of tech humor, social commentary, and clever visual storytelling.

Whether you see it as humor, art, or a mirror of our digital obsession, March of Regression makes a bold statement on tees, prints, and accessories.

👉 Available now on Redbubble — because evolution deserves a sense of humor.


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Samoan Youth

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This young man was preparing with his friends for his moment of fame on the stage at the Samoan Village at the Polynesian dance festival called Pasifika in Auckland in March this year. Samoan Youth Canon EOS 20D 1/30sec at f/20 ISO 200 Canon 70-300mm lens at 300mm More photographs from the same Pasifika Festival day can be found in my new post, Faces of Pasifika 2007 — A Day at Auckland's Pacific Festival .
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Cool Granny Has Taken Up Flying — The Little Old Lady Collection Grows Again

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Cool Granny in Her Biplane — © John Corney 2026 Our cool granny is back, and she has done something the family has been quietly worried about for a few months now. She has taken up flying. A Brief Recap for New Readers If you're new to the series: she first appeared in a beautifully kept yellow Austin A35 on the corner of Queen Street and K Road in Auckland , waving cheerfully out the driver's window as she went past. That piece was, in its quiet way, a tribute to my own mother, who in her fifties bought her own motor scooter in Whanganui and never looked back — and to every older woman who has ever decided it was finally her turn. Then she showed up in a pink-and-yellow flame-painted monster truck, waving out the driver's window in exactly the same spirit, but with rather larger tyres. Same silver hair, same coral scarf, same oversized sunglasses. Same little red heart pa...
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Cool Granny in Her Austin A35 — © John Corney 2026 This one has a real backstory, and I'd like to tell it properly. An Auckland Sighting On one of my annual visits home to New Zealand, I was walking through central Auckland — at the corner of Queen Street and Karangahape Road (K Road, as everyone calls it) — when a small yellow car went past me and stopped me mid-stride. It was a beautifully kept Austin A35, one of the little British runabouts that were everywhere in New Zealand when I was growing up in the fifties and sixties. Driving it was a woman of a certain age with the confident bearing of someone who had been driving that same car, or one like it, for decades. She looked entirely at home behind the wheel. She belonged to the car and the car belonged to her, and neither of them was in any hurry to change. If you know Auckland, that particular corner will register: Queen Stree...
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