Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hands Initiative
From: Rob Heyman <rheyman@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:57:50 -1000
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Brad,
Good idea!!  I would hazard a guess that we have a number of cookbooks
upstairs that would hold many such images. I had not thought of that
approach. As usual I only thought of the one that costs the most, like
buying new books.
Many thanks
Rob

brad daly wrote:

> rob:
>
> > things..........grasping, straining holding, folding etc, and I have
> > been unable to find anything of real use. Are we able to access the
> > images from this Leica project?
>
> have you tried going to corbis, magnum, etc and searching for photos of
> hands?
>
> the other thing that comes immediately to mind is sign-language videos.
> (i realize this sounds a bit ridiculous).  that might not be too good
> because signers sign so fast and they actually communicate with the
> whole body, not just the hands, so the images probably wouldn't be too
> close up.
>
> ooh, how about cooking shows, carpentry shows, arts-crafts shows.
> things like that.  most chefs are highly adept with their hands, as are
> carpenters, potters, cabinetmakers, etc.  "how-to" books and videos from
> the library might be good for this.
>
> plus, shows like "this old house" and "new yankee workshop" (i think
> that's the name) are, imo, very entertaining.  it's nice to watch highly
> competent people doing what they do well, like watching michael jordan
> play basketball.
>
> --
> brad daly

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