Photographers edit the raw product of their camera work on contact sheets (reference images made by laying strips of film down on printing paper). Here a young Peter Hujar reveals his artistic instincts with crop-marks that will heighten the intimacy of his encounter with a cat in the streets of Sperlonga.
Peter Hujar (American, 1934–1987): Sperlonga, Italy, ca. 1963, gelatin silver print contact sheet. Purchased on the Charina Endowment Fund, 2013.108:8.5399-5402.
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