Two hands, ten fingers, everyone has got them. So what could possibly be so interesting about them that almost a hundred photographs of them needed to be compiled together to make a book?
A talented artist has a way of looking at things that others seem to overlook. While you may see a girl reading a book, an artist will see the posture of her hands, the placement of her fingers, her delicate touch when she turns the page... He will capture the light and show you an angle that had never occurred to you.
Hands are wonderfully expressive, they have so much character, each so unique. And Richard Seah has managed to capture their beauty, pain, hope, grace and exuberance.
Hena Tayeb
Photographer who did "Hands" for her photography thesis at college, USA