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A variety of strange hands.

The hands in the image are all my own. I am working on trying to represent my chronic illness, fibromyalgia, through my photography. As it is an invisible illness I sometimes feel like I could live a somewhat "normal" life even with it, but I still find myself pointing out all my own abnormalities, and that is what this image is about.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2018
Date Uploaded: 10.2018
Photo Location: New York City, New York, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 80D
Copyright: © Samara Flayderman