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Peter Hujar (1934-1987)

  • This is a black and white photograph of a series of office towers in midtown manhattan.
    New York: Sixth Avenue
  • This is a black-and-white photograph of an open clown's trunk with many items including a Keaton biography.
    Clown’s Trunk (Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus)
  • This is a black-and-white photograph of an empty hallway in a dilapidated building.
    Hallway–Canal Street Pier
  • Peter Hujar, David Wojanarowicz, Pier 34
    David Wojnarowicz’s Wall Drawing at Pier 34
  • Peter Hujar, The Cockettes
    Scrumbly Koldewyn and Tom Nieze, The Cockettes
  • Peter Hujar, Self Portrait Jumping (I)
    Self Portrait Jumping (I)
  • Peter Hujar, Portrait of Poet Anne Waldman
    Portrait of Poet Anne Waldman
  • Peter Hujar, Sydney Chalndler Faulkner as the Butler in Charles Ludlam's 'Camill
    Sydney Chandler Faulkner as the Butler in Charles Ludlam’s “Camille”
  • Peter Hujar, Robert
    Robert
  • Peter Hujar, Divine
    Divine
  • Peter Hujar, Brooklyn Bar
    Brooklyn Bar
  • This is a black and white photograph of a series of office towers in midtown manhattan.
    New York: Sixth Avenue ⓘ
  • This is a black-and-white photograph of an open clown's trunk with many items including a Keaton biography.
    Clown’s Trunk (Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus) ⓘ
  • This is a black-and-white photograph of an empty hallway in a dilapidated building.
    Hallway–Canal Street Pier ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, David Wojanarowicz, Pier 34
    David Wojnarowicz’s Wall Drawing at Pier 34 ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, The Cockettes
    Scrumbly Koldewyn and Tom Nieze, The Cockettes ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Self Portrait Jumping (I)
    Self Portrait Jumping (I) ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Portrait of Poet Anne Waldman
    Portrait of Poet Anne Waldman ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Sydney Chalndler Faulkner as the Butler in Charles Ludlam's 'Camill
    Sydney Chandler Faulkner as the Butler in Charles Ludlam’s “Camille” ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Robert
    Robert ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Divine
    Divine ⓘ
  • Peter Hujar, Brooklyn Bar
    Brooklyn Bar ⓘ
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Peter Hujar was an American photographer based in New York who is best-remembered for his meticulously printed black-and-white portraits. While his work received a relatively small amount of attention during his lifetime, he has since become recognized as one of the most influential artists of the 1970s and 1980s.

Press Releases

“Screaming in the Streets: AIDS, Art, Activism”

Press Coverage

“#NSFW: Rough Trade,” treyspeegle.com
August 6, 2018
“Art and Activism,” Forbes
August 30, 2017
“Screaming in the Streets: AIDS, Art, Activism,” Vice
August 22, 2017

Publications

Screaming in the Streets, Exhibition Catalogue
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