Peter Hujar's Contact Sheets at the Morgan: An Intimate Look at a Photographer's Process
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Nicholas Gamso
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A review and analysis of Peter Hujar's contact sheets exhibited at the Morgan Library & Museum. The article explores how Hujar's contact sheets reveal the photographer's creative process, his relationships with subjects like Susan Sontag, and the intimate, sometimes humorous moments captured between selected frames. It discusses Hujar's rise from relative obscurity to widespread recognition in the art world, using the contact sheets as a window into his working method and personal life.
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· 4 pulledOnly a decade ago, just mentioning the photographer Peter Hujar required explanation.
The story that unfolds among the contact sheets is sometimes quite funny (Hujar at the dentist in a houndstooth sweater).
He took that famous picture of Susan Sontag, recumbent with tired eyes.
He made gorgeous black-and-white photos of writers, artists, dancers, beautiful men, empty landscapes, and animals.
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