Hands On – A handcrafted human mosaic –

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TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH AN INCREASING EASE HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF OUR SPECIES, WITNESSING WHAT MAKES US SIMILAR AS HUMANS DESPITE THE BIG GEOGRAPHICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES REMAINS A BYPRODUCT OF SUCH POWER AND BLESSING. AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER I ALWAYS FELT COMPELLED TO TRY AND CAPTURE THE SOUL OF A PLACE BY INVESTIGATING ITS PEOPLE AND HOW HUMANS OPERATE AND RELATE WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. NARROWING MY SCOPE A BIT MORE, I NATURALLY STUMBLED UPON THE QUESTION: HOW DO WE, AS HUMANS, PHYSICALLY IMPACT OUR SURROUNDINGS THE MOST? WHAT MAKES US ALL PART OF THE HUMAN FAMILY IN OUR APPEARANCE AND PHYSICAL ABILITY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES, AND YET MARK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE STATUS WE HOLD, THE JOB WE DO, THE CULTURE WE BELONG TO AND THE ACTIONS WE TAKE? DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHAT, SADLY, SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENTED A UNIQUE ID OF CULTURE AND EXPRESSION, AN INSTRUMENT OF SOLIDARITY AND AID, BUT ALSO A VEHICLE OF INFECTION? ULTIMATELY WHAT CAPABILITY HAS A SPECIFIC PART OF OUR BODY TO TELL ABOUT OURSELVES AND THE HUMAN NATURE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS?

THE THEME PROJECT HANDS ON WAS BORN WITH SUCH VISION AND THE INTENTION TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. WITH A CHARACTER OF REPORTAGE AND AN AESTHETIC BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE AND CLASSIC COMPOSITION, THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF HANDS ON ATTEMPTS TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR HUMAN CONDITION, BY FOCUSING ON ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PHYSICAL ASPECT SHARED BY HUMANKIND. “HANDS ON WAS PUT TOGETHER AS A MOSAIC ASSEMBLING INFORMATION GATHERED FROM 25 COUNTRIES, ACROSS 6 CONTINENTS, THE MAJORITY CAPTURED WITHIN 5 YEARS. IT IS A PROJECT INFORMED BY THE LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND OUR DIVERSITIES, THAT CAN SHED A CURIOUS AND TENDER LIGHT ON WHAT MAKES US EACH UNIQUE.