Photographer Elaine Zelker will share her experiences and present a program, \u201cThese Hands,\u201d at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, October 24. Zelker, formerly a hospice nurse, will talk about the joy and challenges of gathering the unique expression of one\u2019s life journey through poignant photographs that never reveal the subjects\u2019 faces and instead hone in on their expressive hands and on a single object that person has selected to represent the essence of his or her journey.<\/p>\n
In her discussion, \u201cThese Hands,\u201d at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, October 24, Elaine Zelker will share her experience of gathering the unique expression of one\u2019s life journey through a poignant project that has been featured on national television.<\/p>\n
Zelker, previously a hospice nurse and currently a photographer in Easton, Pa., started taking distinct hand portraits when, after her parents passed away, she realized she was craving more of their histories and individual stories. Once she began her venture, she discovered she\u2019d found a powerful vehicle for capturing personal narratives in a succinct, yet profound manner.<\/p>\n
Zelker\u2019s discussion exemplifies the art of nursing and was spawned by \u201cThe Hand: Some Journey,\u201d which has been documented on Good Morning America<\/em> and in Entrepreneur Magazine<\/em>. The event will be at 3 p.m. on October 24 in Lower Dansbury at East Stroudsburg University.<\/p>\n Unlike most portraits, Zelker\u2019s photographs never reveal the subjects\u2019 faces. Instead, Zelker hones in on their expressive hands and on a single object that person has selected to represent the essence of his or her journey.<\/p>\n \u201cBy focusing on the hands of elders and the simple objects they reach for to convey their lives, \u2018These Hands\u2019 offers a timely, visceral exploration of enduring questions: Who we are as individuals and communities, what it takes to shape a meaningful life and what will matter most when we look back on the roads we have traveled?\u201d Zelker said.<\/p>\n The event is free and open to the public. For more information Zelker\u2019s upcoming discussion, contact Paulette Dorney, assistant professor of nursing, at 570-422-3567.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elaine Zelker to Give Discussion on \u201cThe Hand: Some Journey,\u201d which Gives Powerful, Personal Narratives With the Use of Hand Portraits <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7446"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}