"They're surprisingly photographic, once you really look at them. Hands at prayer or on a sacred text, nervous hands twisting and sweating, ancient hands, young ones, hands talking, wrenching, thrusting, striking. Holding hands -- in how many ways can it be done? You can go ape, too; a stack of fists two feet high, silhouetted picket fence made of fingers, five clutching hands and a face, a hairy hand painted white, hands as dancers, hands posed like flowers or entwined like snakes. Once you learn to see them, hands are terrific."
Discovering Yourself Through Photography, by Ralph Hattersley.
The Photo Contest: Hands