Who? Although many would recognise the work of Peter Hujar – his famous photograph of Susan Sontag reclining, for example, or his affecting shot of drag queen Candy Darling on her deathbed – the American photographer and his impressive legacy are frequently overlooked.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1934, Hujar was raised by his Ukrainian grandparents after his wayward parents abandoned him. In his teens, he moved to Manhattan to live with his estranged mother but,…
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