Peter Hujar: Animals

To Hujar, who grew up on a farm, animals and people were of equal interest. His photographs of dogs, horses, and cows seem to convey a mutual recognition between photographer and subject, a sort of calm acknowledgement.

Black-and-white photograph of a seated dog with a wrinkled face and coat

Black-and-white photograph of three sheep in a field.

Black-and-white photograph of the face of a cow.

Black and white photograph of a black dog

Black-and-white photograph of a dark horse chewing on a wooden fencepost with a pasture in the background

Black-and-white photograph of two cows with white faces standing sideways with their heads turned to the viewer

Black-and-white photograph of a foal in a harness following its mother's tail

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Peter Hujar: Animals

Peter Hujar, Horse in Harness (I), 1969

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarHorse in Harness (I)

1969

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Peter HujarWill: Char-Pei (I)

1985 / printed later

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Peter HujarSheep, Pennsylvania

1969 / printed later

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Peter HujarBacklit Cow

1969

gelatin silver print, 16-3/4 x 13-7/8 inches (sheet) [42.5 x 35.1 cm]

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Peter HujarClarissa Dalrymple’s Dog, Kirsten

1984

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Peter HujarHorse, Warwick, R.I.

1979

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Peter HujarButch and Buster

1978 / printed later

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Peter HujarColt with Mother, Italy

1975

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Black and white photograph of a man leaning against a tree in a park at night

Peter Hujar: Night

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Peter Hujar: Night

Hujar’s sometimes playful, often bleak photographs of New York after sunset show revelers of the nightlife and a decaying urban landscape, all wrapped in a velvety blackness broken only by street lamps, fluorescent building windows, and the camera’s flash.

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings lit up from inside standing above a parking lot — Peter Hujar, Night Skyline and Parking Lots, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an empty street with marquees and tinsel arches spanning the road — Peter Hujar, San Gennaro Street Fair at Dawn (I), 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of two women peering out from a snow-covered tent filled with stacks of newspapers — Peter Hujar, Newsstand, 96 Street and Broadway, 1957

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings with lighted windows above a glowing street — Peter Hujar, Night, Downtown, 1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a small care parked on a cobbled street below an overpass — Peter Hujar, Triumph, 1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a person with curly hair, lipstick, and pearl necklace with a lily flower tucked behind one ear — Peter Hujar, Drag Queen With Flower, Halloween, 1980

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of thin bare trees lit up with a camera flash at night — Peter Hujar, Trees with Flash, New Jersey, 1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a shuttered garage door painted with NO PARKING and single car parked in an adjacent driveway on a cobbled street — Peter Hujar, No Parking, 1976 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarNight Skyline and Parking Lots

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarSan Gennaro Street Fair at Dawn (I)

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarNewsstand, 96 Street and Broadway

1957

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Peter HujarNight, Downtown

1976 / printed later

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Peter HujarTriumph

1976 / printed later

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Peter HujarDrag Queen With Flower, Halloween

1980

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarTrees with Flash, New Jersey

1975

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Peter HujarNo Parking

1976 / printed later

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Black-and-white vertical photograph of a standing man wearing a jock strap.

Peter Hujar: Portraits

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Peter Hujar: Portraits

The composed portraits of lovers, friends, and artists of New York’s Downtown milieu, often photographed in Hujar’s own loft, capture each sitter in an unrestrained moment of openness and connection.

Black-and-white photograph of Fran Lebowitz reclining on a couch. — Peter Hujar, Fran Lebowitz, 1975

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated man with a mustache wearing only suspenders and jeans — Peter Hujar, Nickey from Bloolips (II), 1980

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white nighttime photograph of a man leaning on a car roof. — Peter Hujar, Richie, 1985

gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman with long curly hair in a dark wooly shawl seated sideways with her chin on her hand — Peter Hujar, Madeline Kahn, 1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated nude man leaning forward to suck his big toe — Peter Hujar, Daniel Schook Sucking Toe, 1981 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an older woman in a black-and-white patterned jacket standing in front of pinned-back floral curtains — Peter Hujar, Diana Vreeland (IV), 1975

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a man smoking a cigar while lying down — Peter Hujar, Chuck Gretsch (with Cigar), 1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a person with long wiry black hair and heavy jewelry and make up with one hand behind their head — Peter Hujar, Cockette Goldie Glitters, 1971

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an infant lying on his stomach on a blanketed surface — Peter Hujar, Baby John McClellan, 1981

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of two older men seated side-by-side with their hands in their laps — Peter Hujar, Merce Cunningham and John Cage Seated, 1986

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarSelf-Portrait Standing

1980 / printed later

pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarFran Lebowitz

1975

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Peter HujarNickey from Bloolips (II)

1980

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Peter HujarMadeline Kahn

1981

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Peter HujarDaniel Schook Sucking Toe

1981 / printed later

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Peter HujarDiana Vreeland (IV)

1975

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Peter HujarChuck Gretsch (with Cigar)

1981

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Peter HujarCockette Goldie Glitters

1971

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Peter HujarBaby John McClellan

1981

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Peter HujarMerce Cunningham and John Cage Seated

1986

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Black-and-white photograph of a stepped high-rise building from below

Peter Hujar: Cityscapes & Landscapes

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Peter Hujar: Cityscapes & Landscapes

Studies of New York’s towering buildings, crumbling neighborhoods, and eerily beautiful landfills, and the meditative flow of rivers and seas.

Black-and-white photograph of a wave moving from left to right and the trail of white water following it — Peter Hujar, Surface of the Sea, Sperlonga, 1963

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a city skyline from a river under a cloudy sky — Peter Hujar, Lower Manhattan from the Harbor, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a car parked on a cobbled street next to a brick building — Peter Hujar, Parked Car, Brooklyn, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black and white photograph from below of a stepped building with rounded corners — Peter Hujar, Midtown: Banked Facade, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of city buildings and rooftops from a higher vantage point — Peter Hujar, New York Roofs From Above, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of two bridges spanning a river between two cityscapes — Peter Hujar, View from the World Trade Center, 1979

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of white water and a wave crashing on the seashore — Peter Hujar, Wave, Jones Beach (I), 1979

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of city high-rise buildings along a waterfront with piers on the opposite shore — Peter Hujar, From the World Trade Center: The East River, 1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

Peter HujarRockefeller Center

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarSurface of the Sea, Sperlonga

1963

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Peter HujarLower Manhattan from the Harbor

1976

gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]

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Peter HujarParked Car, Brooklyn

1976

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Peter HujarMidtown: Banked Facade

1976

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Peter HujarNew York Roofs From Above

1976

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Peter HujarView from the World Trade Center

1979

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Peter HujarWave, Jones Beach (I)

1979

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Peter HujarFrom the World Trade Center: The East River

1976

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Black-and-white photograph of preserved skeletons dressed in shrouds and gowns in two rows

Peter Hujar: Catacombs

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Peter Hujar: Catacombs

The artist photographed the Palermo Catacombs during a 1963 trip to Italy with Paul Thek. The artist’s first monograph, Portraits in Life and Death (published 1976), juxtaposes several of these images with portraits of writers and artists from Hujar’s social circle.