Hand

Two large-scale, closely cropped photographs of an aged hand are presented side by side, inviting an unflinching examination of the human body's texture and form. Coplans turns the camera on his own aging flesh, transforming the mundane subject of a hand into a powerful meditation on time, mortality, and the physicality of existence. The stark black-and-white gelatin silver prints emphasize every crease, knuckle, and weathered detail, elevating the ordinary into something monumental and abstract.