Open Theme nominee

The 5 images are from the portrait series "The Hands" which was created from 23 photo shoots with 23 selective models from different ethnicities in Europe with different skin tones. Each model was given the same outfit and the same instructions. The models were placed in a small, boxed and confined space. Metaphorically, it is the world we are living in. They were asked to think about the emotions such as stressed, depressed, worried, confused and anxious, and use their hands, arms and the face to express the emotions. They were given the opportunity in a place and time to freely express their own unique expressions. It's to demonstrate individual human expression through different individual life experience and personality.