Photo by Larry Fink

Photo by Leon Levinstein

A gentle kiss on the hand, 1955

Étoile de mer by Salvador Dalí, 1950
Original illustration for Dali’s surrealistic Starfish Broach

Bill Brandt

Glamour magazine, 1949

Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill

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Germaine Krull- Hands of Martha Lydis, from series Etude de mains

The hands of dancer Tilly Losch, 1928

I am always sure that you understand
My feelings, always sure that you feel,
Sure that across the gulf you reach your hand.

T. S. Eliot, from “Portrait of a Lady” (thanks, TSElibot)

Harper’s Bazaar, 1960

Photo by Saul Leiter

My hands have not touched pleasure since your hands…
Hart Crane, from “Exile” (via proustitute)

Photo by Melvin Sokolsky