Peter Hujar
American(October 11, 1934 – 1987)
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Hujar was a photographer who documented the downtown New York arts scene and LGBTQ+ community in intimate black-and-white portraits. His subjects included Susan Sontag, Divine, and Candy Darling, capturing the underground culture of the 1970s and 1980s. His work has been exhibited at the Morgan Library & Museum and MoMA, with a major retrospective at Pace/MacGill Gallery.
Gelatin Silver PrintDocumentaryPortraitBlack and WhiteAmericanContemporaryMonochromePhotographyIntimatePhotographPeter HujarUrban
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