The interior of a working craft workshop
From Hands to Humantique

A human trace
left behind.

Humantique grew from Hands, an ongoing documentary storytelling project following people whose knowledge lives in what they make, grow and do by hand.

Selected photographs leave the screen and become physical editions. Their sales help finance the travel, time and fieldwork needed to follow the next story.

Humantique grew from Hands, an ongoing documentary project following people whose knowledge lives in what they make, grow and do by hand. Selected photographs become physical editions, helping fund the next story.

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Hands at work
The project behind the photographs

Before an edition,
there is a story.

Hands follows people whose knowledge lives in what they make, grow and do. Discover the encounters, places and lives behind the photographs.

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Next chapter — Vietnam

The next story is already beginning.

I am preparing the next chapter of Hands around Vietnam's craft villages — learning enough of the language to move more independently, spend time with makers and listen before I photograph.

NowStudying Vietnamese and mapping craft villages.
NextFieldwork across selected regions and time with makers.
ThenNew stories, photographs and Humantique editions.
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