Sensory Overload

Which came first? The chicken, the egg, or the farmer’s dirty hands.

This is the second photo I made of a farmer’s hands, dirty hands, hands with dirt under the nails, caked into the ridges and creases of a calloused hand.

Working hands set against a background of their clothes. The clothes they wore to market still smelling of fresh earth and barn floor and leather straps and manure.

Putting those impressions in a single frame became a challenge I needed. For the full summer every Wednesday at the market I made photos of the farmer’s hands, or the bakers, or beekeepers, or the gardener.

Not all were as good at this photo. The good part was the challenge, successful or not.

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