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 photos - click on any image in the galleries to open it in the slideshow viewer (most recently-added photos are at the top)
Gloves I Have Found
Gloves Others Have Submitted
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.
