29 September 2011

Hands


A. Stieglitz, Hand with buttons, 1918
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E. O. Hoppé, Hand study, 1925

I. Cunningham, Ishvani hands, 1962
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Man Ray, Hand on lips, 1929
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Man Ray, Hands painted by Picasso, 1935
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R. Mapplethorpe, Lucinda's hand, 1985
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Letter K.by A. Alessandra

J. Spagnoli
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A. Stieglitz, G. O'Keeffe's hands
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unknown

D. Bayer, The hands of time
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A. Corbijn, J. Lee Hooker's hand, 1994
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I. Penn, Miles Davis' hand
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M.Torosian, Sanctuary, 1976
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A. Van Gelder, Louise Bourgeois' hands
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A. Poignant, Artist's hand, 1941
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A. Stieglitz, M. Prosser's Clasped Hands, 1933
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M. Yamaoto,  Nakazora #955
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A. Modica, Treadwell NY
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Just like my dear blog-friend V. I love hands. They are the first thing I look at when I meet people. That and someone's eyes. I have fallen for people just because of their hands. I love their beauty at all ages.

To celebrate V's decision to open up her own Etsy store, I decided to share some of the images of hands  I've collected over the past years.  Congratulations V.  May your hands produce a lot of beautiful things!



8 comments :

Vibeke said...

ohhhhh...i am completely without words my friend...thank you SO much for this incredibly beautiful post...i am deeply touched dear e...

love,
v

agnes szucs said...

oh, my... i love hands.

my own hands are rather weird, but i love them... i also bite my nails. many a time i'd pose before the mirror with some hand and face gesture and imagine taking pictures of me.

swoonworthy collection of yours!!! love every bit.

hugs,
agnes
:)

chasing lightning bugs said...

oh, the images choked me they are so lovely. thank you for reminding me of the ones i knew and giving me new ones to file in my mind.

E. said...

@ Vibeke: XXX

@ Agnes: Now I'm curious about what your hands look like :-) !

@ Chasing lightning bugs; you're very welcome x

@ Celia: Thank you for the wonderful compliment about my blog. Happy to have discovered you! :-)

x E.

agnes szucs said...

:) :) :) sooner or later... :)

alma said...

Those pictures are a slap in the face!

DDD9651E20AA said...

Dear E, the image you credited as "Mapplethorpe" is actually my work (http://www.amandinealessandra.com/index.php?/project/maitresse/); I sometimes entitled it "Mapplethorpe" because he was my inspiration for this letterform (it's part of a whole alphabet). Could you please correct this and link it? Thanks
Amandine

E. said...

Dear Amandine,

Thank you so much for reminding me of the correct credit! I had saved the image under the name 'mapplethorpe' without any further reference. I should have known that it was yours, because I had already used your letter A of the same alphabet in a previous post (with correct credit!) here:

http://iladyoracle.blogspot.com/2011/03/black-shine.html

Sorry for the mix-up!

x E.

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