Lost Gloves

About The Collection

For some years now, I've been collecting something - this probably is as close to a permanent hobby as I've ever come.

I collect photographs of lost or abandoned gloves.

Why Gloves?

Well, perhaps unlike most other garments, gloves - when unworn - retain a very strong identity of the body part that they are intended to clothe - a red builder's glove, lying there flattened in the road seems like an accidentally severed hand.

Lost gloves are such profoundly sad and lost objects; a child's dropped mitten, impaled on the spike of a metal railing (put there no doubt by some helpful passer-by) seems to be waving, crying out in desperation - not only to be reunited with its owner's hand, but with its opposite of the pair.

Have You Found A Glove?

Have you ever found a lost glove?

If you've never noticed them before, I bet you will now - they're everywhere - and now the idea is in your head, you won't be able to avoid seeing them.

If you find a lost or abandoned glove, why not submit it here? - I'll feature it in the gallery - submission guidelines are at the foot of the main column to the left...

Lost Glove Links

Glove Love

Glove Love is an initiative where they take lonely single gloves that have lost their original partners, wash them and then pair them with brand new glove lovers.

Not For Sale: End Human Trafficking & Slavery

Lost glove photos - click on any image in the galleries to open it in the slideshow viewer (most recently-added photos are at the top - scroll right to the page bottom for the archives...)

Gloves I Have Found Recently

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Submitting A Lost Glove Photo

I'll be delighted to receive your submitted pictures of lost gloves. A few helpful guidelines:

It must be truly lost or abandoned, and it must be a glove (sorry, no socks, shoes, hats, etc)
Where possible, photograph it exactly as found - before moving it
Note the location, type of glove, left or right hand
BE SAFE - do not endanger lives (your own, or others) by stopping your car to snap a lost glove in the fast lane of the motorway, or clambering over a cliff edge or any other dangerous or stupid place
Submit your lost glove photo and details via the email address on the contact page

Also, please be aware that when you take photos of lost gloves - this I know from experience - people will look at you funny.