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It includes essays by Jennifer Blessing, Kirsten A. Hoving and Ralph Rugoff. Blessing believes that, Buhl's collection is thus also a self-portrait, a kind of metaphorical trace of his numerous acts of pointing, of nominating objects to acquire. It is worth noting that Buhl is the founder of a philanthropic organization to help homeless people gain employment by teaching them rudimentary work skills; for him, representations of the hand acting as a tool, engaged in work, has particular s i g n i f i c a n c e , as does the notion of the helping hand. Buhl was for many years a wedding photographer, albeit one whose skills often commemorated prominent nuptials. The utilitarian aspects of the hand joined other more esoteric considerations in Blessing's essay HYLAND Harold Eugene Edgarton, Champagne Bottle, 1939 (printed 1960s).

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