STEVE MEPSTED
In New York a man who was burning cigarettes and change approached me. In order to give him a cigarette I would need to roll one for him. He was amenable to this and the process gave us the chance to have a chat. I noticed the guys’ hands; ingrained with the street. On an instinct I asked him to hold the cigarette and let me photograph his hand as he smoked. “You wanna photograph my hand,Why?” I told him I thought his hand was beautiful. He laughed and said no one had told him that before and he guessed a photograph was a fair trade for the cigarette. “Don’t get my face now will you?” he asked. I promised no. He chuckled as I snapped away at his hands.
adeolu osibodu
This series contains the passion for photography of Adeolu and the way his close up images tells many tales when eyes are first laid onto them, the differences of each image gives the image its own unique purpose to portray a tale to the world.
Noemia Prada
Identity,Time,Human emotion, are the main focus points for Noemia as she is a self taught artist who loves to create a snapshot of the image in her mind before she clicks as these images convey various messages to viewers.Everything that I have lived influenced me as an artist: my journey, my life, my challenges. My pains and sorrows made me what I am as an artist. I am inspired, mostly by my feelings and inner world, and not so much by external influences. My thoughts, my solitary life, me.
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Irving Penn is famous for his striking series of close-up photographs of the jazz musician Miles Davis's hands, taken in 1986. Penn believed hands could be as revealing as faces, carrying the marks of a life shaped by work and art.
TIM BOOTH
The background of his hands-on work comes from an interest in pushing the boundaries of traditional photography. By treating the photograph as a physical object rather than just an image, he challenges viewers to think about how pictures are made and how they can change. This approach places his work somewhere between photography and mixed-media art, emphasizing creativity, experimentation, and the role of the artist’s touch in the final piece.
