Gary Schneider: HandBook

“I have made handprint-portraits since 1993, I consider them to be as expressive as any portrait of a face, more private, and possibly more revealing.”—Gary Schneider

HandBook is a print-on-demand artist’s book. It is the culmination of seventeen years of Schneider’s commitment to making portraits of hands without the use of a camera. In this form, HandBook traces a unique thread that connects the literal hand of the subject and that of the artist to a book object produced via the apex of contemporary digital printing technologies. For Schneider—who in a former incarnation was known as a master of chemical darkroom printing—this adaptation of digital printing technologies earmarks a profound and telling shift in the contemporary arts and publishing arenas. This special limited-edition artist book is the culmination of one of the first collaborations between Aperture, a photographer (Schneider), and a print-on-demand press (Blurb). HandBook is limited to twenty-five signed and numbered copies, accompanied by a signed and numbered print, presented in a slipcase.

Each limited-edition print is hand-packed with great care and ships from New York within 3–5 days.

International orders may be subject to import taxes, customs duties, and fees levied by the destination country. These charges are the sole responsibility of the recipient and are not included in our item prices or shipping fees.