It’s fun. Always.

It’s fun. Always.

Two days ago I was at the Joe Satriani G3 in Cologne to meet John Petrucci and Joe Travers for a HANDS shooting. Both sessions worked extremely well, it was quick, precise, fun, and the results are fine. And in a quite moment I recognized the fun of this project, and...
A Special Musician – Tony Levin joined HANDS

A Special Musician – Tony Levin joined HANDS

Every artist I can add to the HANDS collection is something special for me. But some are more special, and in this case I am deeply thankful, that this legend let me take photographs of the ends of his upper extremities. He played bass and Chapman Stick on countless...
Jon Gomm & his HANDS

Jon Gomm & his HANDS

It is always a wonderful moment to confront a musician with a high quality print of his own hands. This is backstage with Jon Gomm. Later that evening he signed this special copy, which was printed on aluminium. Thanks for your support Jon!
Another Milestone Reached

Another Milestone Reached

A few days ago this project hit another milestone. Now there are more than 200 artists HANDS covered. The last addition was the wonderful blues rock vocalist Sari Schorr and her band The Engine Room, namely Innes Sibun on guitar, Anders Olinder on keyboards, Kevin...
This is the goal for 2017

This is the goal for 2017

I got this picture on my computer, my phone, my tablet, in my mind, in fact everywhere to remind me about the final product of this project. The HANDS book will maybe not mark the end of this project, but it is as far as I look currently. And I am really thankful for...
A Virtual Gallery Walk

A Virtual Gallery Walk

A virtual gallery walk including the hands and stage pictures of Al Di Meola, Billy Sheehan, Carly Bley, Divinity Roxx, Joe Satriani, Steve Gadd and others. While watching the pictures you will be additionally entertained by some nice music of the wonderful solo bass...
German Newspaper Coverage

German Newspaper Coverage

Thanks to the German Ruhrnachrichten, here is an article which was published yesterday about the HANDS project and the upcoming exhibition in Dortmund. It’s always great to see some HANDS Newspaper Coverage. Ausstellung beim TU-Jazz-Festival:Marc Mennigmann...
All Edits Done

All Edits Done

Phew, this took a while. I finally finished the work on all current HANDS shots I did. Currently the process from the RAW camera file to the final version takes about 20-30 minutes per picture, sometimes even more. Each artists I shot should finally have received an...