Handbook

These photos were inspired by Elliot Erwitts Handbook. Hands are a part of our lives. They are used to say hello, show our love, type and do the little things that are a part of our lives everyday. To make hands the sole subject in the picture, it is important to notice what the hands are doing and what you want to portray in your photos. The action of the hands are the important part. What story are they trying to tell? Why is the placement important? Like in the picture below, it isn't important what he is doing on the computer, or what he is looking at; the focus is on the hands and the action of typing. One of my favorites out of this bunch of photos is the second to last one. When looking at the old lady's hands you can see how they don't look like my sisters. They are wrinkled and worked, skinny and lanky. They symbolize life and her journey, we don't know who she is or what shes done, but we can see she had lived her life through her hands.