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.
![A black and white photograph of two people in a car wearing hats and masks, one leans out of the window with a cigarette in their mouth, the other peers in the same direction from the steering wheel](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/huj-013-PH.0733-898x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Boys in Car, Halloween, 1978 / printed later
pigment 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](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-278-918x900.jpg)
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 thin bare trees lit up with a camera flash at night](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/huj-103-891x900.jpg)
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 the exterior of a gas station during early morning hours](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/huj-225.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Exxon Station, 1976
gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black and white photograph of shirtless man dressed in flashy clothes sitting on car](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/huj-011-PH.0734-901x900.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Boy in Plastic Pants, 1978 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet)
![Black-and-white photograph of city buildings with lighted windows above a glowing street](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/huj-074.jpg)
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 shuttered garage door painted with NO PARKING and single car parked in an adjacent driveway on a cobbled street](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-075.jpg)
Peter Hujar, No Parking, 1976 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of city buildings lit up from inside standing above a parking lot](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-073-v-905x900.jpg)
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 a person with curly hair, lipstick, and pearl necklace with a lily flower tucked behind one ear](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EPH_0503-1-633x629.jpg)
Peter Hujar, Drag Queen With Flower, Halloween, 1980
gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![A black and white photograph of two people in a car wearing hats and masks, one leans out of the window with a cigarette in their mouth, the other peers in the same direction from the steering wheel](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/huj-013-PH.0733.jpg?fit=675%2C677&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarBoys in Car, Halloween
1978 / printed later
pigment 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](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-278.jpg?fit=675%2C662&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarSan 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 thin bare trees lit up with a camera flash at night](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/huj-103.jpg?fit=675%2C682&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarTrees with Flash, New Jersey
1975
gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black and white photograph of the exterior of a gas station during early morning hours](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/huj-225.jpg?fit=675%2C671&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarExxon Station
1976
gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black and white photograph of shirtless man dressed in flashy clothes sitting on car](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/huj-011-PH.0734.jpg?fit=675%2C674&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarBoy in Plastic Pants
1978 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet)
![Black-and-white photograph of city buildings with lighted windows above a glowing street](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/huj-074.jpg?fit=593%2C591&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarNight, Downtown
1976 / printed later
pigment 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](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-075.jpg?fit=591%2C591&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarNo Parking
1976 / printed later
pigment print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]
![Black-and-white photograph of city buildings lit up from inside standing above a parking lot](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/huj-073-v.jpg?fit=675%2C671&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarNight Skyline and Parking Lots
1976
gelatin silver 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](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EPH_0503-1-633x629.jpg?fit=622%2C615&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Peter HujarDrag Queen With Flower, Halloween
1980
gelatin-silver print, 20 x 16 inches (sheet) [50.8 x 40.6 cm]