Portraits in Life and Death

by Peter Hujar

Book Overview

Portraits in Life and Death is the only book of photographs published by Peter Hujar during his lifetime. The twenty-nine portraits of creative people--ranging from William Burroughs, Susan Sontag, and John Waters to Larry Ree, founder of the Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet Company, and T.C. (whose identity is unclear)--possess a haunting beauty and degree of psychological examination that is both offbeat and riveting. Following the portraits come eleven...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324092173
• ISBN13: 9781324092179
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.2" x 11.2"