Holding on

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   Trapac, isolano., sila, boristheblade, and 2701 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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   Trapac (94 months ago | reply)

   This is beautifully captured algo. I work with older people and see this in one sense all the time, but people's hands are sooo beautiful and tell their own stories.

   The definition, colour and composition of this picture is wonderful!

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   waynemethod (94 months ago | reply)

   old hands are nice. I love this one. I think it is very well taken. Ihave a pair of old hands pic too

   www.flickr.com/photos/waynemethod/41410020/

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   algo (94 months ago | reply)

   Thank you so much, Trapac. Praise indeed coming from you. I've always liked photographing hands: got lots of my childrens'.
   Yes Wayne, they are lovely. I've already admired them (fav).

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   waynemethod (94 months ago | reply)

   Now I remember. You are the one who inspired me to take pic of the old hands.

   THis was the pic that inspired me

   www.flickr.com/photos/algo/15791177/in/set-39 3994/

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   ღWild Lilyღ (94 months ago | reply)

   Great balanced :)

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   isolano. (94 months ago | reply)

   I love "your" hands. They're always so touching and beautiful and full of experience and memories!

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   sila (94 months ago | reply)

   Another beautiful shot:)

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   Navelfluff (94 months ago | reply)

   Great capture. Very nice

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    boristheblade (94 months ago | reply)

    Another great one!

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    mimbrava (94 months ago | reply)

    Another gem for your set.

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    .ღ♫°Qanas°♫ღ. (94 months ago | reply)

    amazing algo as usual

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    Aunt Cheri (94 months ago | reply)

    What a delightful photo . . . the hands of a life time . . . so telling of the "adventures" they have been able to have!

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    reflections1000 (94 months ago | reply)

    Your hand shots are some of my favorites. You capture their stories so well.

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    nonie vogue (94 months ago | reply)

    Very beautiful!

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    bleekers (94 months ago | reply)

    this is an incredible shot. it makes me think of every life those hands have touched.

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    btezra [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    ~well done, just a wonderful portrait w/out a face, a person's hands tell a great story...you display this person's "story" well...~

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    Lady-bug (94 months ago | reply)

    Amazing and so lovely!

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    Logan Cody (94 months ago | reply)

    great how the blue of the blouse compliments the blue veins

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    Antonio Costa (94 months ago | reply)

    how much life in these hands!!!! great!!

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    Maggie's World... (94 months ago | reply)

    Hands to love and to hold.

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    NATTY H (94 months ago | reply)

    Your hands set is incredible. Nice work.

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    Sabinche (94 months ago | reply)

    very expressive pic!

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    *Lorri* [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    I love the expressivness and poignancy in this beautiful capture.

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    vrot [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    brilliant

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    jolanda r (aka jojoro) (94 months ago | reply)

    Those hands are still going strong!

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    6element (94 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful image....
    wonderful exposure.

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    algo (94 months ago | reply)

    Thanks again for all the encouraging comments.
    Logan Cody - I hadn't focussed on the blues resonating. Thanks.

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    mark h2 (94 months ago | reply)

    Great shot, amazing the character you've captured without showing the face.

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    *CA* (94 months ago | reply)

    Another great one for your set. The shirt colors are very nice here.

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    photo516 (94 months ago | reply)

    This photo really brings up memories. I come from a handshake family. (not a lot of hugging or kissing, just simple handshakes.) I distinctly remember my grandfather's funeral 20 years ago. The feeling of shaking hands with my mostly farmer aunts and uncles. I think you can tell a lot by hands.

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    artelisa (94 months ago | reply)

    compliments :)

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    Mute* (94 months ago | reply)

    wow.

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    Ana Valéria (94 months ago | reply)

    I love the way you show us her hands, life and beauty

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    *cindimh* (94 months ago | reply)

    you rock. #1 on the top 500 most interesting when i logged on tonight. i am proud to know you! :)

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    Jeff Clow (94 months ago | reply)

    Another WONDERFUL shot, Alex....!

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    dreamcomestrue [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    really like my hands.........the blood vessel

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    Simha K. (94 months ago | reply)

    Very nice picture... The hands tell the story

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    the bright field [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    Great photo - if a reminder that one day I shall have hands like that!

    And its nice to be back on flickr visiting my "contacts" again

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    Montanha-Russa (94 months ago | reply)

    I got very touched when I saw this photo. I just lost my grandmother and she was very important to me. Your picture went straight into my heart. In a positive way, of course. :c) Thank you.

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    algo (94 months ago | reply)

    I find so many of these comments very moving - and of course humbling.
    I have known all my "hands" for some time, and they are nearing the ends of their lives. I read to two of them, and one craves Steiner's writing about death, between lives and rebirth. I have found that comforting - if not absolutely totally persuasive.

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    Captured in Time (94 months ago | reply)

    Wow this picture makes you wonder what her life was like...nice

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    m_ebenezer (94 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic - the years and stories that those hands have seen and could tell.

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    daniel n. reid (94 months ago | reply)

    Hands are the mirrow of the individual, so incredibly revealing. All are beautiful in their own way.
    This exquisite photo brought memories of Stielitz's photographs of Georgia O'Keefe's slender artist hands, so eloquently revealing. There are many other examples.
    Thanks.

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    daniel n. reid (94 months ago | reply)

    Hands are so incredibly revealing and all are beautiful in their own way if soon with the heart. The detail and colors are exquite, reminding me of Stielitz's photographs of Georgia O'Keefe's slender artists hands were so elegantly realized. There are many other examples.
    Thanks.

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    Jeronimo Cox (94 months ago | reply)

    Wow, if only you could imagine what these hands have been thrue, what a story in this picture,
    Well done!!!!

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    Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton (94 months ago | reply)

    Phenomenal! instant fave!

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    Greg7 (94 months ago | reply)

    Great shot! A classic!!!

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    Goldemberg Fonseca [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    Ilove this one... Great shot

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    DSutherland [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)

    Very poignant. Well-captured

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    automat (94 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful!

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