Peter Hujar : Speed of Life

Peter Hujar
Peter Hujar : Speed of Life

Photographs: Peter Hujar

Text: Joel Smith, Philip Gefter & Steve Turtell

Publisher: Aperture & Fundación MAPFRE

248 pages

Pictures: 160

Year: 2017

Comments: Hardcover, 28,8 x 25 cm, b&w photographs. In very good condition other than traces of use. Text in English.

"Hujar's photographs monumentalize moments, beings, lifetimes, and subcultures that might otherwise have disappeared into time."

Joel Smith Peter Hujar (1934-1987), a prominent figure in downtown New York in the 1970s and '80s, is best known for his intimate, searching, and playful portraits of artists, writers, and performers, including Susan Sontag, William S. Burroughs, David Wonarowicz, and the masters of drag theater. This volume offers the first deeply researched look into Hujar's life and work, with three essays, 160 photographs, and previously unseen materials from the Peter Hujar Collection at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

(From the back cover)