Gary Schneider
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This suite of heartfelt accounts invites the reader firsthand into artist Gary Schneider's journeys in image making with his friend and mentor, the es
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teemed photographer Peter Hujar. Drawing from a selection of Hujar's pictures, Schneider takes each image as a point of departure to share his expertise as Hujar's posthumous printer. Outside the darkroom, Schneider situates his chronicle squarely within the transformative social shifts of downtown New York City in the nascent years of its AIDS crisis.. Through a mix of Schneider's stories and technical prowess, he creates a rich tapestry which serves both as a historical testimony and a portrait of their relationship.Schneider also speaks in captivating detail describing his experience with Peter Hujar refining his abilities as a printer, as a subject of Hujar's portraiture, as an extra hand accompanying the photographer on cruisy, nighttime shoots, and of when he turned the lens around on Hujar to record him as a subject in his filmic work. Informative as it is stirring, Peter Hujar Behind the Camera and in the Darkroom is an indelible, collaged portrait of a relationship delineated by photography, desire, and gratitude.Born in South Africa, Gary Schneider is an artist, filmmaker and printer. With John Erdman, he co-founded the legendary East Village photo lab Schneider/Erdman, in 1981. His recent book Salters Cottages, was published by Dashwood Books in 2019. He is a recipient of the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
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