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).