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Books will ship mid-May.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA captivating insight into a master at work, forming an immersive chronicle of Peter Hujar’s efforts to connect, through photography, with the creative communities that defined his life, outlook, and art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHujar:Contact\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplores the Morgan Library \u0026amp; Museum’s extensive archive of original contact sheets and job books made by the beloved photographer Peter Hujar (1934–1987) between 1954 and 1987, which come together to form an enthralling visual document of the artist’s creative process. Hujar’s empathetic eye focused in on varying subjects—crowds of protest, damaged relics, farm animals—but, above all, he was preoccupied with making portraits of the overlapping circles of artists, writers, and underground luminaries he moved within in New York. Accompanying critical texts by Joel Smith establish a chronology of Hujar’s contact sheets, presenting an artist developing, experimenting with, and refining his practice against the tumultuous cultural politics and sea changes of gay life conveyed by the words “Stonewall” and “AIDS.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout his career, Hujar recorded more than a thousand photo shoots in his job books. 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