TITLE: Hands and Threads

“Hands and Threads” is a black-and-white photographic series shot inside a carpet factory in Jaipur, India.
The work explores the physicality and dignity of manual labor through a cinematic language: close, almost violent crops, harsh contrasts, and an atmosphere suspended between realism and fiction.

The hands pulling threads, the faces marked by fatigue, and the fire illuminating the looms become metaphors of resistance and survival.
Rather than a descriptive reportage, the series unfolds like a film: an iconic opening, tension rising through gestures and gazes, and a closing portrait that lingers in the viewer’s memory.

It is a story of work, fragility, and humanity — woven, like the carpets themselves, with threads of light and shadow.

AUTHOR: Simone Campedelli (Italy)

Simone Campedelli is an Italian photographer exploring human stories through black and white. His work blends travel, culture, and timeless emotion.