hands

Vancouver . photographing people for a week for a pharmaceutical company . the images that most held me were these shots of a woman’s hands . they reminded me of a moment I couldn’t shoot but would have loved to.

I was in the elevator and a young boy with a developmental disease was being taken care of by a camp counselor for the day. The counselor was around 20 years old, and while comfortable with this patient, I didn’t get the impression he’d spent a ton of time with young children. The boy was agitated and tired and was heading back to his room to rest. He cried out and put his head against the counselors torso – who recoiled in slight discomfort at first reaction. He asked the boy if he was tired – the boys speech was not easily comprehended due to his disorder. Instead the boy reached out his hand, into that of the counselors and immediately appeared to relax.

Just a hand . held by a near stranger . he was calm