Elliott Erwitt's Handbook

Hands are, with the possible exception of the eyes, the most expressive parts of our bodies, asking for more or less, telling us to come or to go, scolding, rewarding, searching and finding, and at their most intimate, loving and lustful.

Hands reward us, calm us, feed us and scratch our backs.

They intimidate, bless, encourage and stop us. They soothe, caress and sometimes go where they shouldn't.

We may take hands for granted, but Elliott Erwitt does not as he demonstrates in this collection of photographs.