10 Images Where Hands Make All The Difference

I did this homage to Andre Kertesz with hands: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e33/hatpix/Homage-Andre_Kertesz.jpg The original, Paul Arma’s Hands, Paris, 1928, is here: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/55455?search_id=1

While travelling I love to stroll about markets. They are the pulse of places and where there is trade, there are hands involved. http://robertherrmann.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Vietnam-Bac-Ha-Sunday-Market/G0000HdIJa8GDA2g/I0000ClUslJADyKg http://robertherrmann.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Vietnam-Bac-Ha-Sunday-Market/G0000HdIJa8GDA2g/I0000SJdrEdn3a9c

I shot a friend’s hands and named the photo “Hands that have worked hard”. http://www.flickr.com/photos/genbug/3298538072/

I took this close-up image of an old man playing Domino while I was traveling in the countryside of Trinidad, Cuba. http://archive.renetimmermans.com/img-show/I0000wIFkloopV5s Personally I like how the worn skin of his hands matches the rough wood of the table he is playing on.

In keeping with the theme I just wanted to share a gallery I had created (years ago – pre-Photoshelter days) of HANDS and how they can be used to portray a culture, place, or travel experience. http://www.miraterra.com/gal_hands_01.htm

Love the shots you chose and the ones that have been added. I have some photos of farriers and blacksmiths in my horses gallery. Farrier shoeing a horse: http://tinyurl.com/mariannecampolongo-farrier1 And these three are a series of the blacksmith at work http://tinyurl.com/mariannecampolongo-blacksmith1 http://tinyurl.com/mariannecampolongo-blacksmith2 http://tinyurl.com/mariannecampolongo-blacksmith3

I took this photo of an indigo-dyer’s hands in Sumba, Indonesia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatabernina/5211682813/in/set-72157625464367664

Took this photo of a friend’s hands and named it “Hands that have worked hard”. http://www.flickr.com/photos/genbug/3298538072/

On a recent trip to India I ended up with a few images where hands really made the difference. http://tinyurl.com/6eawubp http://tinyurl.com/4bnn8qy http://tinyurl.com/5vaa6fj http://tinyurl.com/4daqpoq

Are we limiting to human hands? Amputated Gorilla hands seized from poachers who intended to sell them on the black market as Ash-Trays / Trophies.

Here some of my work from the serie: “Culture of Craft” where hands are vital part of the skilled labour artisans of today: el oud along the silk road: http://www.dominikphoto.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=53 Egyptian Wind Instruments » arghoul http://www.dominikphoto.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=57&g2_page=2 Egyptian Wind Instruments » mizmar http://www.dominikphoto.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=58&g2_page=2

One of my favorite hand photos somewhere between the mystery of palmistry and classical portraiture: http://carl-westergren.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Portraits/G0000iCXDX6EpZAA/I0000zzQG0pMkN7c

Here are a few of mine..I am working on a series…. http://www.tidalstock.com/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=4651&category=gallery/life&start=0/ http://www.tidalstock.com/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=2230&category=gallery/images&start=0/

Some of my “handy” images: http://www.carloslopezphoto.com/image/I0000At.fUTr3UWw http://www.carloslopezphoto.com/image/I0000yi7t15BqJLU http://www.carloslopezphoto.com/image/I0000vLiKEcgmCZ0

Wrestlers hands: http://archive.richardskovby.com/image/I00005KvKorYKpNM http://archive.richardskovby.com/image/I0000V11WiaWyo2U http://archive.richardskovby.com/image/I0000ztDd1Lo_Nfs

I took this photo while working on a portrait session. The details of her hands are very powerful, as is the woman to whom these hands belong.

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