Book of the Day: Peter Hujar's Portraits in Life and Death
From the gallery: "Peter Hujar (1934–1987) produced only one book during his lifetime, the landmark publication Portraits in Life and Death, published in 1976. This monograph combines 29 portraits of Hujar’s friends, photographed in 1974–75 specifically for the book, with eleven photographs of catacombs Hujar shot in Palermo, Italy, in 1963. The book juxtaposes the faces of such legendary figures as John Waters, Diana Vreeland, Edwin Denby, Divine, Fran Liebowitz, and Robert Wilson with images of decomposing human forms." A new, lovely edition of a formerly scarce landmark photo book!