This photo is by famous photographer Anne Geddes.
The title of this particular photo is:
"Jack holding Maneesha".
It was taken in 1993.
In her book,"UNTIL NOW", Geddes says the following about this photo:
"Maneesha weighed just over 900g at the time of the shoot.
This image was taken at the neo-natal ward of her hospital.
She was born prematurely at 28 weeks gestation, weighing 680g,
and was just about to leave the hospital.
Jack, who is holding her, has huge hands. At the time,
he was working as a groundsman at a local school,
so his hands were very weathered. I had placed an advertisement
in a local newspaper for a man with "very large hands", for a photo
shoot.
As you can imagine, we had some very interesting replies.
People even sent outlines of their hands by fax!
I auditioned about 10 people and Jack's hands were the second largest,
but he had a warm gentle personality, which was essential for the
shoot.
Maneesha is now a very healthy 4 year old, and has a baby brother."
Information provided by Paula Mann, posted on Art
Bell's Website on 11/23/99.
