Peter Hujar Behind The Camera And In The Darkroom
Gary Schneider arrived in New York City from Cape Town in 1976, landing a job doing technical work for an avant garde theater in Soho. Through his partner, he met artist photographer Peter Hujar with whom he had an immediate rapport as he was interested in photography and printing. Hujar secured Schneider a job at a printers where he began to print Hujar’s work, and in the process becoming a close friend, protége, assistant and occasional subject for Hujar’s lens. Their relationship is now commemorated in a new book Peter Hujar Behind The Camera And In The Darkroom (D.A.P. $50, out now).