You ever stop and think about hands, and I mean really think? About how they look and move, and how we use them? How they age and change and remain the same throughout our lives? How we can make them look, and how they help to express?
We take our hands for granted, and we are so lucky to have them.
Here is a study of my hands across four photos. Generally I’m more interested in form and shape as expression rather than the subject itself (so to speak), as well as lines, abstraction and relational context. The more I photograph, the more interested I become in trying to experiment. That said, these are definitely direct explorations as hands and hand form, but perhaps they say something a bit more.
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. I have the good fortune of hosting this one and, as it’s themed, I’ve chosen “Hands”.
This challenge is open to all, and I recommend joining in. If want to, check out more information about it here, and include the tag “monochrome-madness” when you share your photo. If you’d prefer not to join in, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography, and what other people submit.
I hope you enjoy.
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This is a good theme for monochrome. I’ll have to see what I can find or maybe take a new photo.
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Great series of hands, I like what you have done here.
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Cheers Leanne, and cheers for the opportunity : )
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This was an excellent, if difficult challenge. I love your own response. Here’s mine: https://margaret21.com/2025/02/19/hands-put-to-work-at-the-viking-festival/
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Glad you do : )
Looking forward to looking at what you chose.
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An enjoyable post and theme.
Here’s my Hands
https://bushboy.blog/2025/02/19/strings-and-thumps-musical-hands/
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Glad you found it to be : )
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Love the many positions your hands make! I happen to love looking at and watching people’s hands. Here are mine
https://dailymusing57.com/2025/02/19/monochrome-madness-give-a-hand/
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Cheers. I sort of tried to let loose in a controlled way, I think.
Looking forward to looking over yours.
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This made me think of shadow puppets.
Good theme.
Thanks for hosting.
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Thank you for being a part of it.
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A great theme for monochrome, and I love that you used your own hands to such good effect! I’m travelling so don’t have access to my archive but I spotted something today that I think fits the bill: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/a-postcard-from-the-philippines-hands-in-banaue-market/
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Why thank you! I’ve had some practise, and a lot of thinking about how hands look : )
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A very good post. Your photos are amazing and so clear. Yes we really do not thank our hands enough for all we are able to do with them, feel with them, hold!
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Hi Robert, glad you think so.
And no, we don’t. Just even thinking about the process of movement, perhaps we don’t do enough of.
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I changed my mind and went with a different set of hands:
https://throughbrazilianeyes.com/the-tiny-grasp-paws-itively-adorable/
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Looking forward to checking this out after work : )
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I’m not sure why, but I’m getting verification failure messages when trying to comment on your submission, so here’s what I wrote:
I like that you went for an animal here, and you’re showing it using its hands as tools, in a sense.
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It’s probably WP. Your comment came in now. Thanks for the feedback.
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Yeah, it has been giving a few issues over the past few months.
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Great theme, I had phone editing my selection
https://travelswithali.com/2025/02/21/a-medley-of-hands-for-monochrome-madness/
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Hi Alison, glad you think so, and glad you joined us.
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https://angloswiss-chronicles.com/2025/02/21/hand-form-in-four-photos/
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