RWA - Hands of Rwanda
"The eyes may be the windows of the soul, but hands reveal our humanity.”
Our hands are our tangible connection to the world.
We can do with them horrific things and at the same time wonderful ones: they can kill and heal, crush and caress.
Hands on my opinion tell a more honest story about what a person is than faces.
Without looking to a face we are somewhat free from pre-conceptions and we are eventually able to imagine the whole story of a person without being distracted by the aesthetic of the face.
Without the distraction of faces, these images become counterintuitively deeply insightful portraits, reflecting the personality, life, and sensitivity of the subjects.
These photograph has been taken in Rwanda, a small and poor, its GDP per capita is in 199th place over 216 countries, landlocked country in East Africa. Notwithstanding the huge accomplishments the country has performed since the Genocide that happened in 1994, which ripped apart the country’s economic, political and social fabric, the majority of workers work in the informal sector and mostly work is carried on using simple equipments.
Working hands tell stories of endurance, hope, strength, perseverance, ability, intelligence.
Read MoreOur hands are our tangible connection to the world.
We can do with them horrific things and at the same time wonderful ones: they can kill and heal, crush and caress.
Hands on my opinion tell a more honest story about what a person is than faces.
Without looking to a face we are somewhat free from pre-conceptions and we are eventually able to imagine the whole story of a person without being distracted by the aesthetic of the face.
Without the distraction of faces, these images become counterintuitively deeply insightful portraits, reflecting the personality, life, and sensitivity of the subjects.
These photograph has been taken in Rwanda, a small and poor, its GDP per capita is in 199th place over 216 countries, landlocked country in East Africa. Notwithstanding the huge accomplishments the country has performed since the Genocide that happened in 1994, which ripped apart the country’s economic, political and social fabric, the majority of workers work in the informal sector and mostly work is carried on using simple equipments.
Working hands tell stories of endurance, hope, strength, perseverance, ability, intelligence.