Grandpa's Hands by JKnoU
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I love Bill Wither's "Grandma's Hands." After beating us in a game of SORRY! I asked if I could take some photos of my Grandpa's hand. It is new years eve 2023 and we were getting ready to eat. I didn't have enough time to set up the tripod and lower the ISO. Please excuse the grain. The last time I took a photograph for artistic purposes I developed it myself in the dark room at an art school. Critiques were brutal. The professor didn't appreciate my fondness for imperfections. Now those "imperfections" are sought after effects. I tried to tell them.
RAW | cheap old DSLR | Developed in Affinity Photo.
Thanks Grandpa.
Comments (3)
FirstBastion
The strength of photography is that it immortalizes a moment in time. It now lives on forever.
JKnoU
So true. Too bad I couldn't upload the 134 MB PNG. I got to show him high quality jpegs on a 65" TV. I have black and white film I developed of my other Grandpa as he was dying many years ago. Those are very intimate and hit hard. They are just for me.
RodS
These are absolutely magnificent! I didn't really see any grain, but considering this wonderful subject, it wouldn't have bothered me a bit. These photos tell a wonderful story of a long life of hard work, and lots of love. Beautiful.
OMG... Do I remember those days of stripping 35mm film out of the little cartridges, and winding it onto a reel in the absolute dark. Then fiddling with those funny smelling solutions, and looking at those glorious negatives when done. I had a complete setup in the basement of our first house, a Jobo processor, a massive enlarger capable of 4 X 5 sheet film, 35mm, and everything in between. Lots of good times to remember. I have to admit I like digital much better now that I'm an old fart.. LOL
JKnoU
If those hands could talk the stories they'd tell. Thanks for the comment RodS. I have a B&W roll in an analogue camera I took of my last trip to DC before I got sick over a decade ago I'd like to develop. I thought about setting up one of the large tents I used to use for growing... tomatoes & converting it into a darkroom but the chemicals and the hardware just for 1 roll? At least it would have industrial grade ventilation :) Wouldn't have to buy that. It's so rewarding watching an image slowly appear on that slimy paper. Perhaps one day. Wow, 4x5 sheets. I never went that big in photography but it would be nice to be in an art gallery again. It's been a while since I've had my work removed from an installation because of people's delicate sensibilities. I think OG photography will make a comeback and probably sell fairly well if it isn't already.
TheArtist2020
"Grandma’s Hands" is a brilliant piece of music (Bill Withers was a genius). I’ve always especially loved this lyric;
"…She'd say, Billy don't you run so fast Might fall on a piece of glass Might be snakes there in that grass Grandma's hands"
An apt metaphor for life I think.
JKnoU
Well said. I concur. One caveat, a person never knows what life has in store for them. That train may be coming into the station sooner than expected. Having been over that line, close to death one might say, I found it fascinating I didn't think about the things I did. I only thought about the things I passed up. With respect to Mr. Withers Grandma if I could talk to a 6 year old me I'd say run, run, run then run some more. Fall on all the glass. Dominate all the snakes the grass ;) But my situation is slightly atypical