Taken on my phone again, this is Tony, he is 70 years of age. Born in London he moved to the USA in the sixties hoping to make it as a golf pro, but competition was fierce, he was offered the chance of overseeing early tourism in the Dominican Republic and spend many happy, exciting, and fulfilling years both there and in the Bahamas before returning to Britain. Tony has always been an active fun loving chap but four years ago his health took a turn for the worst and he now has kidney dialysis three times a week. Visiting him in the dialysis unit and seeing so many people of all ages hooked up to machines made me personally realise afresh the importance of organ donation and how precious our health is.
Hands Six ...Tony
Hands 6 by susiejb2, on Flickr
Hi Susie, great to see you continuing with your project
A question if you don't mind?
How are you sourcing your models/subjects?
Are these people you come across in the course of your day and you have your camera with you? Or do you have subjects in mind beforehand and ask them if they will pose for you?
Just caught your thread and not only enjoyed the photographs but loved the narrative. Excellent idea.
As hands go, they're good: knobbly gnarled dexterity
plus the "Please Do Not Touch" sign.
Thanks Andrew.
Really intriguing project Susie.
Hi Susie, good to see you are still continuing with your project.
Such an interesting backstory to your latest image. I feel that it's this story which makes a project come to life as much as the photography itself.
The photograph tells a story in itself I think, the viewer can get the gist of it by viewing.
Good work Susie!
Thanks for looking in Bryn @Tintin124 I really appreciate it I really must get back into the macro threads ...I seem to have lost track a bit.
It's the "Do Not Touch" sign that does it for me. "I can't touch so I'm taking a photo." Kudos to the NT too. In my experience they don't like cameras that much.
I think a good project takes time too. There's no rush. Better to get 20 shots in a year than 20 in a day. You have time to revise, think and improve.
Keep it up!