Manus et Pedibus
EXHIBIT Closed on July 17th 2016
Juror: Tim Booth
![]() Juror's Choice: Entwined by Gary Mitchell from Dayton, Ohio USA |
Hands and feet, examined and depicted though the medium of photography.
Exhibit Calendar (Subject to Change) | |
Exhibit Opens: | 23 June 16 |
Artists' Reception: | 8 July 16 17:30 |
Exhibit Closes: | 17 July 16 |
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Juror Tim Booth devotes a series of works to photographing hands called A Show of Hands: "With hands from all corners of society, from builders to world class musicians, artists to grave-diggers...For some they are just tools, blunt instruments that enable them to achieve a desired result. For others their relationship with their hands goes beyond the mere physical, to a more esoteric connection, where in many cases the hands are a conduit through which intentions, and indeed feeling, can be passed from the mind to their task, be it labour, art, sport, music or craft."
Much in the same way that hands play a vital role in defining human nature and brilliance, feet also provide a imperative purpose. They transport us from place to place and allow us to dance. Our upright heel-toe, heel-toe is taken for granted once we get the hang of it, ask any parent of a toddler you know and the moment a baby takes their first step cannot be more magical or transcendent.
Darkroom Gallery is calling for photography that captures the many different uses and appearances of hands and feet. We are looking for images that not only capture these body parts in unique or all too familiar circumstances but also the handiwork and destruction that they leave behind. Foot trails, fingerprints, handmade objects, tools worn dull, paths of destruction as well as bountiful creation are all fair game for this exhibition. From soles to palms and shoe collections to lost mittens, we want to see the many uses, abuses and fetishes that hands and feet have come to know.
Juror's Statement: Overall I was very impressed with submissions. The range of concepts was broad, even if some of them did go a tad off brief! Juror’s Choice: Entwined Honorable Mentions: Step Sleep Don’t Let Your Books Gather Dust Scream I think all fifty finalists are winners. Tim Booth |
Entwined
Juror's Choice
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Gary Mitchell
Dayton, Ohio USAStep Sleep
Honorable Mention
Robert Moore
Dallas, TX USADon't Let Your Books Gather Dust
People's Choice
Sue Henry
Nolensville, Tennessee USA Scream
Honorable Mention
Trevor Shingler
Daytona beach, Florida United StatesCreative Hands
Ashley Sheppard
Crescent City, Florida USASecond Sight
Boba Fett
Remulak, Space France Toe Point
Boba Fett
Remulak, Space FranceThe Weakness Is In the Want 2
Candi S. Kalinsky
Omaha, Nebraska USAChristine
Christine Miess
Vienna, Austria Zapotec Hands
Dane Strom
Ajijic, Jalisco Mexico1+1x2
e andrew bartel
New York, NY USAgulliver's travels
e andrew bartel
New York, NY USA Dona Miguelina
Felipe Gavioli
São Paulo, SP BrazilMonotype #3
George Pennington
Southborough, MA USALiving Room Fort
Holly Thompson
New Braunfels, TX USA Strength in Solitude (7)
Jody Berns
Highland Park, Illinois USA Tõnis Malkov (Hands of A Jewelry artist)
Jun Ishikura
Yokohama, Kanagawa JapanMudra (Phoebe; Congress x High)
Karen Merritt
downeast, Maine USA Prayer (Phoebe; Congress x High)
Karen Merritt
downeast, Maine USABe with me
Lacourt Guillaume
Bangrak, Bangkok ThailandMagical Hands, Philadelphia
Len Speier
New York, NY USA Levitation
Mark Allen Dierker
Dubuque, Iowa USAWaiting for Einstein
Mark Melnick
Palm Desert, CA USASharpen
Marty Cohen
Carmel, CA USA Los Dedos
Mary Ciullo
Glen Head, NY USAMorning Alms
Michael Trupiano
Abiquiu, New Mexico United StatesLacquerware Beginnings
Michael Trupiano
Abiquiu, New Mexico United States Dueling Instruments
Mildred Alpern
New York, New York USAA Traditional Emiratee dance
Mohammed Munir El Kadi
Abu Dhabi, AUH United Arab EmiratesApril 22, 1975
Neal Panton
Cranbrook, BC Canada August 4, 1937
Neal Panton
Cranbrook, BC CanadaJanuary 19, 1973
Neal Panton
Cranbrook, BC CanadaPrayer Beads
Philippa Stannard
Perugia, Perugia ITALY Distance 1
Philippa Stannard
Perugia, Perugia ITALYIt's Only Mud
Rachel Eubanks
Lucedale, Mississippi USAMirrors and Moons
Rebecca Moseman
Purcellville, VA USA Drill, Cambria, Calif., 2014
Richard Greene
Los Angeles, CA USAStreet Dance, Venice Beach, Calif., 2014
Richard Greene
Los Angeles, CA USARelic
Rob DePaolo
Newburyport, MA USA Ego
Rob DePaolo
Newburyport, MA USAThe Reluctant Celebrity
Rob DePaolo
Newburyport, MA USAShield
Robertino R. Ragazza
San Jose, California USA Francisco Niquinás, Calderas reservation, Nasa
Silvino Gonzalez
Bogotá, Cundinamarca ColombiaHand in Leaves
Stephanie Facer
Grand Rapids, MI USARoot Hand
Stephen Milne
Alliston, Ontario Canada All That Jazz
Steven Millman
Boynton Beach, FL USAThe Fiddle Player's Hands
Sue Henry
Nolensville, Tennessee USAPain
Trevor Shingler
Daytona beach, Florida United States Fishing Nets Maker
Viktoryia Vinnikava
Grodno, BelarusPearls Collector
Viktoryia Vinnikava
Grodno, Belarus
All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
- Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, a free exhibition catalog and a signed edition of Tim Booth's book A Show of Hands.
- Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
- People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
- We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes.
- Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.
Juror: Tim Booth
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Born in the UK in 1963, Tim Booth began taking photographs with his father’s camera at the age of eight. By he time he was a teenager he’d bought his first SLR, thrown on a backpack and headed off around Europe. Infected by both travel and photography he spent several years shooting freelance features for most of the UK’s weekend magazines and newspapers in Africa, Pakistan and South East Asia. Once settled back in the UK he shot commercial, corporate and design work from his London studio whilst also pursuing personal projects. His first exhibition ‘Into The Light’, shot whilst on assignments in Africa, was followed by the first ‘A Show Of Hands’ exhibition, which comprised his first fifty hands portraits. Now twenty-four years on and over a hundred hands later his book has been published to worldwide critical acclaim. He’s now based deep in the Dorset countryside in South West England, shooting people and landscapes for commercial clients both here and abroad, as well as the odd pair of hands to add to his collection.
Asked why he loves his work Tim replied – “Photography is all about passion. Passion for communication, passion for art, passion for light and for change. Every moment of every day there are pictures happening all over the world, and occasionally I’m lucky enough to witness some of them.”