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All Hands Hold

A visual ethnography about the human hand

All Hands Hold is a collage and photography project that began as an anthropological inquiry about human connectedness and developed into a body of work that explores the functions of the human hand as a communicative tool for selfhood and identity.

Instant film photograph of hands with a caption "vernacular photography"

Photograph of hands

Photograph of hands with caption "conversations"

Photograph of hands

Photograph of a person pointing

Photograph of resting arms

Photograph of hands with nails painted purple

Photograph of a hand and image of a pair of hands

Instant film photograph of a hand gathering hair.

Photograph of hands with caption "Dahra, Age 7"

Black and white photograph of hand

Photograph of a pair of hands gesturing

Black and white image of two pairs of hands gesturing with a caption "collaborative photography"

Photograph of hand covering wrist

Photograph of hands with caption "Victoria, age 75"

Photograph of hand with nails painted green

Photograph of a person with legs and hands crossed while seated

Photograph of hands

Photograph of hands

Photograph of a pair of hands

Photograph of a pair of hands

Photograph of hands with caption "Tyler School of Art April 13, 2023"

Photograph of hand

Abstract imagery of hands

Photograph of a palm of a hand

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