Hujar:Contact (Contact Sheets)

• 解密創作過程：書中收錄了摩根圖書館館藏 5,700 多張印相襯底中的 110 多幅珍貴紀錄。這些底片包含了胡賈爾親筆留下的油性筆劃線、裁切記號與編輯註記，直接向讀者展示了一位大師如何從整捲底片中挑選、構圖並決定最終作品的思維過程。
• 紀錄紐約地下文化圈：印相襯底如電影膠捲般，動態且私密地還原了他與 1960 至 1980 年代定義紐約東村文化的名人之間的社交互動與親密關係。書中包含蘇珊·桑塔格（Susan Sontag）、大衛·沃納羅維奇（David Wojnarowicz）、坎蒂·達林（Candy Darling）及法蘭·利波維茲（Fran Lebowitz）等人的早期肖像與未曝光畫面。
• 工作日誌首次轉錄：除了底片，本書更由學者 Olivia McCall 首次完整轉錄並註釋了胡賈爾生涯紀錄超過 1,000 場拍攝的**「工作日誌（Job Books）」**，對研究 20 世紀下半葉紐約同性戀解放運動與愛滋危機背景下的藝術政治極具史料價值。 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

• 主編與論述：由摩根圖書館攝影部主任 Joel Smith 撰文研究。
• 裝幀設計：精緻的亞麻布脊軟精裝（Flexicover with linen spine），封面與封底特別設計成帶有黑色感光邊框的擬真印相襯底。
• 頁數與尺寸：364 頁，約 22.3 x 30 公分。
• 出版時間：2026 年 5 月。 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

**Hujar: Contact** was co-published in May 2026 by The Morgan Library & Museum in New York and MACK Books, a British independent publisher. A collection of heavyweight photography. This book is the official exhibition catalogue launched in conjunction with the large-scale exhibition of the same name "Hujar: Contact" held in New York from May 22 to October 25, 2026.

Core features and concepts of books

This book is not a traditional collection of photographs, but focuses on the legendary American cueer documentary photographer **Peter Hujar (1934–1987)**'s never-public "Contact Sheets" :

Decryption of the creative process: The book contains more than 110 precious records from more than 5,700 printed substrates in the Morgan Library collection. These negatives contain oily strokes, crop marks and editorial notes left by Hujar himself, which directly show readers how a master chooses, composes and decides the thinking process of the final work from the whole volume of negatives.

Recording the underground cultural circle of New York: The background is like a movie film, dynamically and privately restoring his social interaction and intimate relationship with the celebrities who defined the culture of East Village in New York in the 1960s and 1980s. The book contains the early writings of Susan Sontag, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling and Fran Lebowitz. Period portraits and unexposed pictures.

First Transcription of Work Log: In addition to negatives, this book was completely transcribed and annotated by scholar Olivia McCall for the first time, **"Job Books"** shot more than 1,000 of Houjar's career record, to study the second half of the 20th century. Art and politics in the context of the gay liberation movement and the AIDS crisis are of great historical value.

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Basic specifications of books

Editor-in-chief and discussion: Written and studied by Joel Smith, director of the Photography Department of Morgan Library.

Framing design: exquisite flexicover with linen spine, the cover and back cover are specially designed to be a realistic substrate with a black photosensitive border.

Number of pages and size: 364 pages, about 22.3 x 30 centimeters.

Date of publication: May 2026.