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Close-up of hands holding and sorting through a large stack of handwritten letters and postal envelopes.

Various Editorials Arxipelag, Captain Paul Watson 2025

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This close-up editorial photograph features a person's hands delicately sorting through a substantial stack of handwritten letters and vintage postal envelopes. The warm, natural lighting highlights the textured paper surfaces, handwriting, stamps, and postmarks on the correspondence. The composition focuses intimately on the tactile act of reviewing the letters, creating a documentary feel. Captured by photographer Iris Humm for the Arxipelag project concerning Captain Paul Watson.

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Various Editorials

Project

Various Editorials Arxipelag, Captain Paul Watson 2025

Keywords

hands holding lettershands holding stack of lettersstack of lettersletters and envelopeshandwritten lettershands

Credits

Iris Humm
Photographer

Styles

DocumentaryVerticalWarmClean

Techniques

Analogue / filmNatural light

Context

Editorial
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