This week’s winning photograph, a snapshot of American writer, filmmaker and political activist Susan Sontag reclining deep in thought, was captured by her close friend Peter Hujar.
Hujar, an influential photographer at the helm of downtown New York’s cultural scene in the 1970s and 80s, led a rich and fascinating, if tragically short, life. He was a regular visitor to Andy Warhol’s Factory, even starring in one of the artist’s renowned Screen Tests, while his…
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