Remembering Peter Hujar on his birthday π
π· Bob Berg, 1986
"His pictures share, in place of a style, an unfailing rigor that can only be experienced, not described." - Peter Schjeldahl
π· Bob Berg, 1986
"His pictures share, in place of a style, an unfailing rigor that can only be experienced, not described." - Peter Schjeldahl
Peter Hujar
Paul Thek, Nude, Astride Zebra, 1965
Paul Thek, Nude, Astride Zebra, 1965
Susan Sontag by Peter Hujar, 1975
"He lived in different worlds, he touched many people, and his work, like so few photographs, canβt be forgotten and becomes even deeper and more compelling over time."
- Nan Goldin
"He lived in different worlds, he touched many people, and his work, like so few photographs, canβt be forgotten and becomes even deeper and more compelling over time."
- Nan Goldin
Candy Darling, "On Her Deathbed III", a photo by Peter Hujar, 1973.
Hujar later wrote of this session, that Darling was "playing every death scene from every movie."
Hujar later wrote of this session, that Darling was "playing every death scene from every movie."
Paul Thek by Peter Hujar, Palermo, 1963
Peter Hujar
Paul Thek with Hand Sculptures
Paul Thek with Hand Sculptures
Merce Cunningham by Peter Hujar, 1986
Quentin Crisp by Peter Hujar, New York, 1982
Two great portraits of Isaac Hayes by Peter Hujar, for GQ, 1971
Hayes' spectacular cover of "Walk on By", with The Bar-Kays, 1969:
Hayes' spectacular cover of "Walk on By", with The Bar-Kays, 1969:
Gay Liberation Front Poster Image
An iconic photograph by Peter Hujar from 1970
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An iconic photograph by Peter Hujar from 1970
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John Cage Laughing
A great portrait by Peter Hujar, from 1974
A great portrait by Peter Hujar, from 1974
Susan Sontag by Peter Hujar, 1966
In her introduction to Hujarβs book Portraits in Life and Death, Sontag says "photography converts the whole world into a cemetery".
In her introduction to Hujarβs book Portraits in Life and Death, Sontag says "photography converts the whole world into a cemetery".
Janet Flanner by Peter Hujar, 1974
David Brintzenhofe Applying Makeup
π· Peter Hujar, 1982
π· Peter Hujar, 1982
William Burroughs by Peter Hujar, 1985
John Waters by Peter Hujar, 1975
Lola Pashalinski by Peter Hujar, 1986
Iggy Pop by Peter Hujar
GQ, 1971
GQ, 1971
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