Peter Hujar Behind The Camera And In The Darkroom

Culture

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).

Paolo Roversi

Paolo Roversi: Portraits

Culture

If you find yourself in Paris in the next couple of weeks, make sure to stop by Galerie Camera Obscura to see the current exhibit of Italian photographer Paolo Roversi. This intimate show is a rare treat from an artist whose work is maddeningly hard to find in real life. He exhibits rarely, and he produces books even more rarely. The best access to his work in print is a smattering of fashion magazines, such as Another or Vogue Italia.