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In 2011, back when I was 13 years old, I fell in love with telling stories through photography. Since I've always been an introvert, finding inspiration and getting lost in my own imagination always felt natural. During the first years of my photography journey, I experimented a lot, I frequently shifted genres trying to find my own artistic voice.

As time went by and as I started to mature, I started to seek inspiration within me. The way I'm connected to certain concepts, other people and the life that I'm living became an endless source of inspiration. During that period of becoming more authentic as an artist, I become aware that my images were always more about concepts and ideas rather than the subjects and their identities. That was a turning point that resulted in my images becoming more minimalistic.

I started to change my approach, I started filling empty spaces with elements that could tell a story. But something was missing, I needed to communicate what I have to say through people. Not wanting to show their identities led me to an idea to photograph hands. Yes, there is so much more hands are able to tell us than one could assume. So many emotions and so many states of being.

My hands' phase is still ongoing, but I wanted to look back on some of the images I created and share them with you. I hope you enjoy the gallery!

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#1

"Vacuum"

"Vacuum"

The atmospheric image tells the story of all the feelings of loneliness and anxiety we sometimes suffer.

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    #2

    "Farawell"

    "Farawell"

    Photographing hands is often like meditation to me. It's a way of releasing my emotions and moving forward at peace with what I leave behind.

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    Lovin' Life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is beautiful but makes me sad thinking of things I have lost at no one's fault but my own

    #3

    "Greedy Hands"

    "Greedy Hands"

    The photograph represents the greediness of human nature.

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    #4

    "Valtari"

    "Valtari"

    Image of my friend's hand during a warm spring rain. On that day photography was our only way to reconnect with nature.

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    DUN DUN
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is SO beautiful! Just look at the details, man!

    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Talk" about "eyegasims!" Your "Valtari" is my "Garden of Eden." I get the "roller" part. But, where's the "steam?"

    lol idk
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the best pictures i've seen in a while!!!!

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow thanks! It's nice to hear that! Thanks for your support.

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    #5

    "Vigile"

    "Vigile"

    A lot of my hand images are self-portraits. This is an image that means a lot to me, it gives me hope every time I come back to it.

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    Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you hurt your hand? It’s a lovely photo but it looks like hot wax being sprayed out?

    adiiantryx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as long as there is light, there is hope - to paraphrase star wars

    Annie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keeping the flames of hope burning

    Stephanie Keith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It makes me feel like holding on to hope. The fire being hurt and pain. You know it's coming but because the wax is melting, slowly burning. Yet we hold on feeling that burn and no matter how painful it is. We hold on to hope. Hope metaphorically being the candle.

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    #6

    "Power Play"

    "Power Play"

    One of the images that are part of my ongoing series called "Human Behaviour". It portrays relationships between humans.

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    Judy Reynolds
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This says so much about human interactions!

    Maudelin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The angles of the arms do not give off power vibes; it would have been more powerful for them to be straight, no one pulls with their wrists bent.

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    #7

    "Until We Bleed"

    "Until We Bleed"

    A rose is symbolizing a love that is dying, the one that should be left behind.
    Creating this image was my way to say goodbye to lovers.

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    DUN DUN
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These pictures depicting raw pain are blurring my vision with unshed tears. I was so not ready for this.

    Lovin' Life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very dramatic yet beautiful

    bookshellf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's so poignant and powerful image, really photography talent beyond the lens to the soul.

    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, "hear" me out... the cover of the next Vampire Trilogy? Huh? Huh? How 'bout that?! ✿(◕ ‿⌒)✿

    #8

    "The Climb"

    "The Climb"

    Self-portrait from my backyard.

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    Lovin' Life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is very emotional. Reminds me of trying to make it through my first days of recovery as an addict. Everything just seemed so far out of reach...mentally, physically, and emotionally.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It indeed is. I hope you have won the battle against addiction and that you are happier now. ❤️

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    𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like I was a little hasty with the "Night of The Living Dead (hand)" because here it is!!! -Lol?

    #9

    "Unknown Destination"

    "Unknown Destination"

    I was starring at the tractor in our backyard for days before an idea came to my mind. What if I showed other people that we can use objects around us in a unique way to create art. It was my way of telling people that imagination in photography is crucial.

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    Judy Reynolds
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favourite! I love the way you have thought so deeply about what hands can tell us!

    Barbie Nealey-Wanhala
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this one most. The imagery is exquisite.

    Dandelion Patch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It could be a train, or a car, or a spaceship. Amazing where the mind can go. It's like a writing prompt

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    #10

    "Undelivered Message"

    "Undelivered Message"

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    #11

    "Through Thick And Thin"

    "Through Thick And Thin"

    The photograph deals with togetherness.
    The past few years keep showing us how we need to stick together, no matter what.

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    DUN DUN
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture makes me think of all the wars happened this year and all the lives and loves lost in them. All the people who had to flee from their lands and homes and find refuge in a foreign land, with doubts of getting accepted in the new society, of earning for a living, of finding a safe place. One picture can tell a thousand words.

    Robert N Lisa Housley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This photo makes me think of a couple who have been through their own war.

    #12

    "Affection"

    "Affection"

    An image from the "Saeglopur" series I've done for Facet.ai, Each image from the series was inspired by the feelings associated with love.

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    Dandelion Patch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The use of water makes the mood. In some traditions, water represents emotions, and this is all about emotion.

    #13

    "A Bomb"

    "A Bomb"

    Photographing hands can sometimes become a safe zone for photographers, that's why I always try to mix things up a bit. Like in this image when I introduced more color to my images.

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    adiiantryx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the hand of god, creating beauty for the first time in an explosion of colour from the heavens above

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    #14

    "Inseparable"

    "Inseparable"

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    #15

    "The Courage Of Other"

    "The Courage Of Other"

    My first photograph of hands was taken in 2014 that started the whole era.

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    #16

    "Ungrapeful"

    "Ungrapeful"

    Image dealing with ungratefulness of human nature.

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    #17

    "Frost"

    "Frost"

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    #18

    "Hatched"

    "Hatched"

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    Mike Perfetto
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    clearly about the consequences of over protective behavior =p

    #19

    "Breath Of Life"

    "Breath Of Life"

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    #20

    "Forward"

    "Forward"

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    #21

    "Arrow"

    "Arrow"

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    #22

    "Everybody's Fault"

    "Everybody's Fault"

    Image showing the way the fault is shared between people involved in a conflict.

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    DUN DUN
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are all in this together.

    Annie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indeed! Some are clueless and pass it on

    #23

    "Ungrapeful 2"

    "Ungrapeful 2"

    Part 2 of "Ungrapeful" image.

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    #24

    "Under Construction"

    "Under Construction"

    The image was created during the Covid-19 lockdown in Serbia.

    My brother helped me out to portray the moment when everything's falling apart but yet you are eager to fix what needs to be fixed.

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    DUN DUN
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I AM IN LOVE THESE PICTURES

    Lovin' Life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gorgeous!!! So much thought put into these.

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    #25

    "Touch"

    "Touch"

    Photograph from the "Saeglopur" series.

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    Cindy Richardson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your photography is stunning. Such an eye in detail. You need to do a series for what we have endured through this Pandemic. Lost of life, food shortages, loneliness, lock down etc. Continue to be your true self & let it bleed throughout your photos.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks a lot Cindy! I may not do the series but I wil surely have all the mentioned in my mind when creating new images in the future.

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    #26

    "An Affair"

    "An Affair"

    The first image I created for the "Saeglopur" series.

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    #27

    "Apology"

    "Apology"

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    #28

    "Alone"

    "Alone"

    Another image from the "Saeglopur" series I've done for Facet.ai, Each image from the series was inspired by the feelings associated with love.

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    #29

    "Scissors"

    "Scissors"

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    #30

    "Marriage"

    "Marriage"

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    #31

    "Jealousy"

    "Jealousy"

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    #32

    "Castaway"

    "Castaway"

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    #33

    "The Giver"

    "The Giver"

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    crowspectre (he/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This speaks to me way too much tbh. Nice photoshop job on the nail

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    #34

    "New Beginning"

    "New Beginning"

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