Achelle Peinado
Bill Brandt, "Hands on the Beach"
1959, gelatin silver print
Bill Brandt's photo Hands on the Beach reminds me of the connection between man and nature. The repetition of the fingers and pebbles makes this hand look like a part of the environment. This photo looks so far away from the digital, busy city life that most are engulfed in. We are organic and just as pure as the pebbles, leaves, sand and ocean around us.
This photo serves as a reminder that people are connected to this natural world. We get stuck in our concrete jungle and forget where we derived from. There is a disconnect as a result of human righteousness and self-involvement. Sure in the grand scheme we are much different than a pebble, but there is an unexplainable energy that connects us with everything on earth.
