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Americans: The Social Landscape From 1940 until 2006

1 review
Peter Weiermair

Damiani, 2007

Images of the melting pot
The first thing that struck about this book was the amazing print quality. As far as I can tell the screen used is 250 to 300dpi (maybe higher!) and it was produced at the publisher's plant in Bologna. On page sixty-two there is a wonderful photo by Bruce Davidson of a laughing woman sitting in an apartment, the camera captures her and also looks out of the window so you can see the street ...

Peter Hujar: A Retrospective
Peter Hujar, Urs Stahel, ...

Scalo Publishers, 1994

Peter Hujar: Eine Retrospektive
Peter Hujar

Scalo, 1994

Peter Hujar: Night
Bob Nickas

Matthew Marks Gallery/Fraenkel Gallery, 2005

In the tradition of Brassa''s Paris at Night, Peter Hujar's Night brings together 43 hauntingly beautiful images of New York City. These pictures--most published here for the first time--illuminate a New York that has all but disappeared, one populated by the late-night demimonde, crumbling cobblestone streets, and landfills before the coming of Battery Park. Photographing costumed Halloween partygoers, dilapidated domestic interiors, cruisy ...

Peter Hujar: Animals and Nudes

2 reviews
Peter Hujar, Klaus Kertess

Twin Palms Publishers, 2002

Man and Animal: A Book Of Similarities
Peter Hujar is a fine photographer, best known for his penetrating studies of the nude. In this thoughtful and thought-provoking portfolio, Hujar approaches the animal kingdom in larger spectrum: he pairs his casually provocative nudes with portraits of animals in associative stances, never becoming anthropomorphic in his concept, but allowing the viewer to enter the world of ideas and possible ...