Creative Photographs of Hands

Part of the reason we add a lot of photo collections here is to demonstrate that beautiful photographs can be made of objects that we see in our everyday lives. As you can see from these stunning photographs of hands, a little attention to lighting and some skill with a camera can give you some great results – even with something as mundane as a person's hands. Use these examples to get ideas for your own photography experiments.

couple of hands — Photo by Fotografierende

person opening hand about to catch gopro action camera — Photo by Ariel Paredes

About Author

Rob is the founder of Light Stalking. His love for photography started as a child with a Kodak Instamatic and pushed him into building this fantastic place all these years later, and you can get to know him better here.
Rob's Gear
Camera: Nikon D810
Lenses: Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

11 Comments

Beautiful!!

Stunning works….

I usually try to keep hands away from the main focus of a portrait, but these are great examples of using hands as the subject of the photo!

Amazing work. I find that photography pierces through a dimension that we are seldom aware of or attend to in our daily lives. Somewhat touching a “layer” of that so-called false consciousness. The photo that stands out for my is the one by Shermeee, titled Creation. For me, it displays a paradox-like frame for nature.