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Close-up of hands sorting bundles of letters and mail tied with rubber bands inside a wooden box.

Various Editorials Arxipelag, Captain Paul Watson 2025

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This editorial photograph captures a close-up overhead view of hands sorting through piles of letters and mail. The correspondence is bundled together with rubber bands and organized inside a dark wooden box. Natural lighting streams across the scene, highlighting the texture of the paper, postal stamps, and handwritten labels. The composition focuses intimately on the tactile act of handling archives and correspondence.

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Various Editorials

Project

Various Editorials Arxipelag, Captain Paul Watson 2025

Keywords

hands sorting mailsorting mailhands sorting letterssorting lettersmail bundlesletters in boxpostal correspondence

Credits

Iris Humm
Photographer

Styles

DocumentaryHorizontalDesaturatedWarm

Techniques

Analogue / filmNatural light

Context

Editorial
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