Sometimes you can’t help reaching for your camera phone and capturing an unforgettable moment.

And sometimes it’s better just to do nothing but breathe it all in.

This second bit of advice was chosen by a female pensioner at a movie premiere recently, and the resulting picture, ironically snapped by a professional photographer, has been the talk of the internet.

The picture shows an elderly woman leaning on a security barrier at a movie premiere. This in itself wouldn’t be too striking, except in this instance everyone in the crowd around her as a smartphone in their hands as they try to take a picture. Everyone.

The image was taken by Boston Globe photographer John Blanding at the premiere of gangster movie Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp, in Brookline Massachusetts.

While almost everyone in the crowd tried to take a picture of the arriving celebrities, this woman wasn’t bothered with technology and preferred to just enjoy the moment. A lesson for all of us.

The picture was tweeted by Wayne Dahlberg, a designer from Utah, and ended up with more than 6,700 retweets.

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“This is my new favorite photo of all time,” tweeted Dahlberg.

(Picture: John Blanding/Boston Globe/Getty)

