Peter Hujar (/ ˈhuːdʒɑːr /; [1] October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. [2][3][4][5] Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, [5] but he has since been recognized as a major American photographer of the 1970s and 80s. [2][3]

1 day ago · Peter Hujar's Day is based on the transcript of that exact conversation between Hujar and Rosenkrantz, which took place in 1974 but was not recovered until a few years ago. And while it contains interesting factoids about his encounters with fellow creatives such as Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, the true record it keeps is of the ...

4 days ago · “Peter Hujar’s Day” is a pointillistic snapshot of one day in the life of a not very well-known photographer (though Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987, became quite a celebrated artist after ...

Peter Hujar's Day is a 2025 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall as photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz respectively, during the 1970s. Premise

Peter Hujar (born 1934) died of AIDS in 1987, leaving behind a complex and profound body of photographs. Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of the cultural scene in downtown New York in the 1970s and early 80s, and he was enormously admired for his completely uncompromising ...

Oct 15, 2024 · Peter Hujar died of AIDS-related complications at the age of 53. Now, work is being posthumously resurrected.

Peter Hujar is now widely acclaimed for his black and white portraits of New York's bohemian East Village community, taken between the late 1960s and early 1980s.

Peter Hujar photographed his subjects with penetrating sensitivity and psychological depth. Unflinching and at times dark, he captured intellectuals, luminaries, and members of New York City subculture in moments of disarmed vulnerability. Hujar embraced male sexuality unabashedly and was unafraid to examine death and dying.

4 days ago · Sachs has been a distinctive observer of New York life in movies like Keep the Lights On, Love is Strange and Little Men.But Peter Hujar’s Day is closer to docu-fiction than anything he’s done ...

Peter Hujar (; October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, but he has since been recognized …