The Peter Hujar exhibition features over twenty portraits by the late photographer, predominantly in black and white and taken with a medium format camera in the intimacy of his studio or familiar indoor spaces where he could quietly compose his pictures in a one-on-one with his models.
Ranging from casual acquaintances to close friends and intimate lovers, his portraits offer a fascinating glimpse into New York City’s downtown scene of the late 70’s and early 80’s, a coterie of artists, performers, drag queens, misfits, writers and musicians living on Hujar’s Lower East Side blocks.
“That Downtown is forever gone. Time, gentrification, disease and death took their toll. But before it vanished, its extravagant cast sat for Peter Hujar’s camera – and is now alive again in front of our eyes.”
