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| 1. |  | Rena Small 1996, February Hands Down [Artist's Hands] Page layout, LIFE magazine Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 2. |  | Rena Small 1985, October Andy Warhol [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 3. |  | Rena Small 1992, October Bruce Nauman [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 Someone in the audience asked the distinguished panel of art experts, "What is Art?" Bruce Nauman answered, "Art is time" |
| 4. |  | Rena Small 2002, June Christo and Jeanne-Claude, La Jolla, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 The experience working with Christo and Jeanne-Claude was an evolutionary collaboration. At first it was just Christo I photographed in NYC in July 1985, since that is how he was always known, and his wife, Jeanne-Claude was his right hand woman and producer extroadinare. So this was the first quote that was donated to me by Jeanne-Claude for Christo: "For my public art works, we do not use advanced technology, the work is done, in all our projects, by hundreds of people using their hands." (Christo, 1985) Later I contacted Jeanne-Claude and asked a new question a curiosity I had to find out when was the first moment the artists realized they were artists? Here is her answer: Mailed to me over ten years later. Christo says that when he was age six, his mother and father noticed that he liked to spend his time drawing. So his parents hired a tutor to come and teach him every day after school (instead of having violin lessons, for example.) Christo states that he has been trying to be an artist ever since. Jeanne-Claude explains that she became an artist after meeting Christo in Paris at age twenty-three. She did this out of love for Christo. If Christo had been a dentist, she would have become a dentist. Rena Small (May 2008) |
| 5. |  | Rena Small 2001, 15 July (taken) , 12 September (print) William Wegman with Chip and Battina [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 6. |  | Rena Small 1990 James Fee [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 7. |  | Rena Small n.d. Benglis [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 8. |  | Rena Small 2007, December Gwynn Murrill [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 9. |  | Rena Small 2001 John Borofsky, Maine [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 10. |  | Rena Small 1995 Mark Mothersbaugh [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 11. |  | Rena Small 1999 Mildred Howard, San Francisco, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 12. |  | Rena Small 1994 Louanne Greenwald, Los Angeles, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 13. |  | Rena Small 1984 Jackie Winsor [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 Jackie Winsor was the first srtist to pose for Rena Small's series in Mercer Soho, NYC. |
| 14. |  | Rena Small 1996 Steve Allen, Van Nuys, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 15. |  | Rena Small 2005 Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 "Ray told me that his favorite movie as a child was Phantom of the Opera, and he watched it over and over and over again. The Director of the movie Phantom of the Opera brought him this doll as a gift." (Rena Small, July 2008) |
| 16. |  | Rena Small 1986 Alexis Smith [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 "Her long pale fingers made gestures like dying butterflies." - Raymond Chandler. |
| 17. |  | Rena Small 1996 Chuck Close, New York City [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 "I had no clue that Chuck needed a wheel chair. My feeling of sadness vanished seeing the mobility in his work. His paintings and photographs embrace each micro-moment. His portraits of faces are without attitude and open". (Rena Small) "It's amazing how many of the hands you've photographed I've photographed their faces." Chuck Close, New York, NY, 1996 |
| 18. |  | Rena Small 1988 David Byrne, North Hollywood [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 David Byrne says, "I've been picking at my cuticles since I was a child." |
| 19. |  | Rena Small 1986, January Richard Diebenkorn, Santa Monica, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 American Abstract Painter (1922-1993). |
| 20. |  | Rena Small n.d. Jaudon [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 21. |  | Rena Small 1986, January Tom Wudl [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 American artist. |
| 22. |  | Rena Small 1996, June Roy Lichtenstein [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 American pop artist (27 October 1923 - 29 September 1997). |
| 23. |  | Rena Small 1985 Jean-Michel Basquiat, NYC [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 24. |  | Rena Small 2007, July Russ Tamblyn stands on his hands [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 25. |  | Rena Small 1989 Mike Kelley "Age Spot", Hollywood, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 26. |  | Rena Small 1996 Rackstraw Downes, NYC [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 27. |  | Rena Small 2000 Dan Fauci [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 28. |  | Rena Small 1989 Sam Francis [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 29. |  | Rena Small 2005, July Bonnie Schiffman, celebrity photographer [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 30. |  | Rena Small 1995 Ed Moses, Venice, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 31. |  | Rena Small 1984, 2008 John Baldessari [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 32. |  | Rena Small 2000, July Devo, Hollywood, CA [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 33. |  | Rena Small 1987 Ross Bleckner, NYC [Artist's Hands] Gelatin silver print Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |
| 34. |  | Rena Small 1979 Rena Small, NYC [Artist's Hands] Polaroid SX-70 Provided by the artist - Rena Small © Rena Small 2008 |