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Sometimes the best way to show something is to break it down into its most simple aspect. When showing someone at work, I find that a great way to do this is to tightly focus on what their hands are doing. Hands at work can be a fascinating way to create a portrait of a person.

No, there is nothing original about taking a photo of hands doing their work. But the originality is in the hands themselves, not in the image. Hands can be just as expressive as faces are. They can tell stories, evoke memories, and educate us all at the same time. This month, find yourself a set of interesting hands and photograph them doing the work that is important to them.

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Article created August 2008