{"product_id":"hujar-contact-9781917651479","title":"Hujar:Contact","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis extensive archive of Peter Hujar’s contact sheets and workbooks chronicles the artist’s developing practice and his efforts to connect with the communities that defined his life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHujar:Contact\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum’s extensive archive of original contact sheets and job books made by the beloved photographer Peter Hujar between 1954 and 1987, which come together to form an enthralling visual document of the artist’s creative process. Hujar’s empathetic eye focused in on varying subjects – crowds of protest, damaged relics, farm animals – but above all he was preoccupied with making portraits of the overlapping circles of artists, writers, and underground luminaries he moved within in New York. Accompanying critical texts by Joel Smith establish a chronology of Hujar’s contact sheets, presenting an artist developing, experimenting with, and refining his practice against the tumultuous cultural politics and sea changes of gay life conveyed by the words ‘Stonewall’ and ‘AIDS’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his career Hujar recorded more than a thousand photo shoots in his job books. These documents, which are transcribed and annotated in \u003ci\u003eHujar:Contact\u003c\/i\u003e, illuminate the contact sheets, rich in never-before-seen images as well as the earliest iterations of Hujar’s most iconic works, including portraits of Susan Sontag, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, Gary Indiana, Fran Lebowitz, and Paul Thek. This volume provides captivating insight into a master at work, forming an immersive chronicle of Hujar’s poignant efforts to connect, through photography, with the creative communities that defined his life, outlook, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-published with the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum, New York, on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Hujar:Contact’, on show from 22 May–25 October 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781917651479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: MACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Hujar (1934–1987) was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers who defined the cultural scene in downtown New York from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was deeply admired for his uncompromising attitude towards work and life, which earned him only a ‘secret fame’ within a select community. His portraits of people, animals, and landscapes, with their exquisite black-and-white tonalities, were extremely influential. His first book, \u003ci\u003ePortraits in Life and Death\u003c\/i\u003e, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, was published in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel Smith is the Richard L. Menschel Curator and Department Head of Photography at the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Joel Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48997127586009,"sku":"9781917651479","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781917651479.jpg?v=1784734509","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/hujar-contact-9781917651479","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}